KARACHI, Oct 4: The Urban Transport Scheme is in its final stages and the transport and communications department of the city government has classified the 18 routes of the scheme, along with the depots to be allotted to the participants while an agreement with the aspiring parties would soon be signed after the allocation of routes to them.
The routes which have been classified with the Regional Transport Authority are:
Surjani to Dockyard via Nagan Chowrangi, Nazimabad, Guru Mandir (North Karachi, 5-H bus terminus).
Surjani to Keamari, via Sohrab Goth Sharea-Pakistan and Tower (North Karachi depot).
Surjani to Korangi,via, North Karachi, Sohrab Goth, Rashid Minhas road, Sharea Faisal, Quaidabad, Dawood Chowrangi, Landhi /Korangi, (North Karachi KTC depot).
Surjani to Sea-View, via Sohrab Goth, NIPA, University road, Civic Centre jail Chowrangi Shaheed-i-Millat road, Nursery, FTC, JPMC, Cantt Station, Teen Talwar and Schon Chowrangi, Clifton (North Karachi depot).
Surjani to Fisheries via, Nagan Chowrangi, North Nazimabad, Petrol Pump, Sher Shah, Gulbai, G. Allana Road, ICI bridge, Jamat Khana, Customs House and fisheries (Sector 7-A, Surjani Town depot).
Malir Cant to Tower via, University road, Guru Mandir, M. A. Jinnah road and Tower (Mehran depot Model Colony).
Malir Cantt. to Karachi Cantt, via Model Colony, Malir Halt Sharea Faisal, FTC, JPMC, Cantt Station, Misri Shah (Mehran Depot, Model Colony).
Gulshan-i-Hadeed to Dockyard via, Quaidabad, Malir City, Sharea Faisal, Nursery, Numaish, M. A. Jinnah Road to Tower (Shah Lateef town terminus).
Shah Lateef Town Labour Square to Tower via, Dawood Chowrangi, Landhi, Korangi Crossing, Qayyumabad, JPMC, Fleet Club, Stretchen Road, Arts Council, Shaheen Complex, Customs House, Fisheries (Shah Lateef town terminus).
Korangi to Hawkesbay Road via Saudabad, Sharea Faisal, Karsaz, Civic Centre, Liaquatabad, No. 10 to Nazimabad, Habib Bank, Estate Avenue, Gulbai (Malir-Khokhrapar terminus).
Khokhrapar to Tower via Saudabad, Sharea Faisal, FTC, Lucky Star, RTA Office, Shaheen Complex, I. I. Chundrigar Road, Customs House (Malir-Khokhrapar depot).
Khokhrapar to Tower via Saudabad, Sharea Faisal, FTC, Lucky Star, RTA office, Shaheen Complex, Customs House (Malir- Khokhrapar terminus).
Khokhrapar to Orangi via Saudabad, Sharea Faisal, NIPA, Sohrab goth, Nagan Chowrangi, Hyderi, Board Office, Abdullah College, Banaras, Orangi, Ittehad Town ( Malir and Dawood goth terminuses).
Orangi to Tower / Dockyard via Banaras, Habib Bank, Liaquatabad No.10 Guru Mandir, M. A. Jinnah Road, Tower (Gulshan-i-Behar terminus).
Orangi to Clifton/Shirin Jinnah Colony via Banaras, Habib Bank, Pak Colony, Garden Saddar, Cantt. Station, Gizri, Khayaban-i-Shamsher Clifton (Orangi Sector 11-1/2 terminal).
Baldia to Keamari via Mohajir Camp, Rasheedabad, Labour Square, Fakhruddin Valika , Habib Bank, Garden , M. A. Jinnah Road, Tower, Misri Shah (Gulshan-i-Ghazi Ternimal).
Maymar Complex Scheme-33 to West Wharf via Al-Asif Square, Abul hasan Isphani road, gulshan Chowrangi, NIPA, Civic Centre, Numaish, M. A. Jinnah road, Mai Kolachi, Clifton Sea View (DHA Phase-VII Extension terminus).
Quaidabad to West Wharf via Malir City Sharea Faisal, Stadium Road, Aga Khan Hospital, New Town Islamia College, Numaish, M. A. Jinnah Road, Tower, Fisheries (Landhi depot).
However, it is expected that after the UTS becomes fully operational, most of the old model buses and mini-buses will move to peripheral routes or even out of Karachi to smaller towns.
Similar views were expressed by Nazim Karachi during the inauguration of four CNG buses of Green Bus Company. These buses have been imported from China.PPI
