KARACHI, Sept 6: Sindh Minister for Transport Mohammad Adil Siddiqui said on Wednesday said that foreign firms have shown interest in operating Karachi Circular Railway on modern grounds.

Talking to various delegations at his office, he said these firms wanted to modernize the whole KCR system and run fast commuter trains on it.

The government, he said, was presently reviewing proposals submitted by these for complete revival of the KCR.

He said that the present government was giving special focus to public transport problems of Karachi. He said 8,000 new CNG-buses would be brought to roads, adding the federal government had already earmarked a fund of Rs5 billion.

He said after the completion of the Lyari Expressway, Northern Bypass and other important road projects, traffic system of Karachi would be improved a lot and heavy vehicles could not enter city areas.

The minister said that infrastructure of Karachi was being improved on modern lines. He said a textile city would be established near Port Qasim on 300 acres of land, besides a garment city would be set up near Baldia over 150 acres.—PPI