KARACHI, Nov 16: The city government has finalised preparations to introduce shuttle bus services between the newly built Yusuf Goth bus terminus and two separate locations in the city.

A modern intercity bus terminal at Yusuf Goth on RCD Highway, with a parking capacity of 125 large intercity buses, is almost complete and will be inaugurated on November 18 by Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad.

At present, Balochistan-bound buses operate from three different places – Old Sabzi Mandi, Lea Market, and Mewashah. The illegal termini shifting starts from November 18, and the process will completed by November 30, transport department officials said on Thursday. A ban on the movement of Balochistan-bound intercity buses will be imposed from December 1.

As seat booking offices will not be removed from their present locations, the city government has decided to introduce shuttle bus service from at least two places – Lea Market and Old Sabzi Mandi in Gulshan-i-Iqbal.

The contract of the shuttle bus service to be operated from Old Sabzi Mandi was awarded to Al-Aziz Transport Company, and the other contract awarded to a member transport organization of Karachi Transport Ittehad, an allied body of intra city transporters.

Officials said the fare from Old Sabzi Mandi was fixed at Rs15 per person and from Lea Market to Yusuf Goth bus terminal at Rs10 per person.