- Work on combined visitors lanes handed over to FWO.
- Primary hall contract not awarded to any contractor but: sources.
- Final contract terminated after considerations about delays.
KARACHI: The Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) has resumed building work on Bus Fast Transit (BRT) Pink Line Lot 2 on Karachi’s College Highway, Mayor Murtaza Wahab introduced on Sunday.
Wahab mentioned Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah set a 90-day deadline for completion of labor on the combined visitors hall and drain.
“Completely satisfied to tell that work on the College Highway has resumed from right now by FWO,” Wahab mentioned in a publish on X, including that the provincial authorities wished the hall and drainage works accomplished inside three months.
Sources mentioned work on the combined visitors lanes of Pink Line Lot 2 has been handed over to FWO, whereas the principle hall contract for Lot 2 has not but been awarded to any contractor.
The event comes days after authorities cancelled the contract for Lot 2, which covers the Mosamiyat-Numaish hall, citing persistent delays and unsatisfactory efficiency by the contractor.
TransKarachi had earlier mentioned the choice adopted considerations raised by an Asian Improvement Financial institution (ADB) delegation over the tempo and high quality of labor throughout a latest go to.
The delegation additionally expressed reservations over well being, security and environmental compliance, whereas officers mentioned improvement work on the part failed to fulfill required requirements.
Formal proceedings to finalise termination of the settlement have been initiated, whereas district authorities individually sealed the contractor’s workplace linked to Lot 2.
Sources mentioned ADB’s displeasure over the contractor’s efficiency throughout its go to final week helped pave the best way for the federal government’s motion.
Building on Lot 2 — the bigger and extra troubled phase of the challenge — has confronted recurring setbacks, together with extended suspensions final yr as a consequence of monetary disputes between the contractor and authorities, which had required court docket intervention earlier than funds have been cleared.
Initially launched in 2022 with a 30-month completion goal, the Pink Line challenge was due for completion by June 2024, however repeated delays pushed the challenge properly past deadline.
The challenge has been divided into Lot 1, from Airport sign to Mosamiyat, and Lot 2, from Mosamiyat to Numaish, with the latter struggling main execution issues.
In the meantime, Karachi residents proceed to bear the brunt of the stalled challenge, going through disrupted routes and heavy congestion on roads.
