KARACHI, May 3: A two-member team of a joint venture arrived in the city to carry out survey of corridor-I for the magnetic train operation, and is likely to hold a meeting with the city nazim at his office on Wednesday to discuss the project. The team, comprising Japanese consultant Junji Scibata and Mr Fritz, visited the office of the Karachi Mass Transit Project (KMTP) where they were briefed about corridor-I. They later visited the area from Sohrab Goth to the Merewether Tower, the Deputy Director, KMTP Anwar Beg told Dawn.

He said the two consultants were associated with Pacific Consultants International, and were hired by a joint venture of American Maglev and the Infrastructure Development Company (IDC).

Their local partner was the Engineering Associates, who had arranged the survey with the permission of their partners, he added.

Mr Beg said the consultants had told the meeting at the KMTP office that they would count vehicles passing on the route and the number of passengers travelling through public transport.

The team would also carry out a survey to know the opinion of people after preparing the pre-designed questionnaire before forecasting the expected ridership of the Maglev train.