BRT Faces Rs4 billion Losses annually: PDA

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Peshawar: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Finance Muzamil Aslam said on Tuesday that the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project was facing Rs four billion in annual losses due to incomplete construction work and subsidies on fares.

He said that the BRT project was currently running in deficit, and the Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) had been directed to expedite construction work on Chamkani and Hayatabad commercial plazas to increase revenue.  

According to an official document from Trans Peshawar, the government was facing a loss of over Rs 300 million due to the non-completion of construction work on commercial plazas, and any further delay could affect the project it feared.