‘250 biogas buses to be on road under BRT Red Line’

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KARACHI: The Sindh chief secretary on Wednesday said the work on BRT Red Line project would start in July this year and 250 “state-of-the-art” bio-hybrid buses will be on road under the project to provide people a zero-emission mass transit system.

Chief Secretary Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah said this while presiding over a meeting on BRT Red Line project attended by relevant officials.

Wasif Ijlal, CEO TransKarachi, informed the meeting participants that the project would have its own biogas plant at Landhi Cattle Colony, where 3,000 tonnes of cattle waste would be used to make biogas daily.

The biogas plant will supply 11 tonnes of compressed biometric gas (CBG) per day to these buses and will be supplemented with demand over time.

Published in Dawn, April 1st, 2021

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