KARACHI, Dec 10: The Central President of the Pakistan Railway Workers Federation (PRWF), Manzoor Ahmed Razi, has criticized the decision of the Sindh and Karachi city governments to put the Karachi Circular Railway reactivation plan into cold storage, a press release said on Monday.

He said mismanagement of public transport in the city and a disorganized traffic system had made an alternative transport system necessary. Considering this situation, the attitude of the government was unreasonable, he said.

He disclosed that representatives of the PRWF had offered at a meeting with city government officials that 150 experienced workers, including drivers, fireman, guard, STE, booking clerks, linemen and others, required to reactivate the KCR, were ready to work without salary for one year. These volunteers were retired railwaymen, he said.

Mr Razi said arguments about shortage of funds for the project did not hold ground, as the city government could easily raise Rs one billion from the public by issuing securities with the help of a committee of experts, NGOs, chambers of commerce and businessmen.—PPI