To facilitate the people of three cities of Punjab, The provincial government has approved the electric buses in Lahore, Faisalabad, and Bahawalpur.
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The decision to introduce Environment-friendly buses was taken in the Punjab Mass transit Authority (PMA) meeting under the chair of Chief Minister Punjab, Usman Buzdar.
Introduction of new transportation systems in different cities and fixing the fare of the orange line metro were among the key agendas of the meeting. To further improve the system, the proposal to start double-decker buses in larger cities of Punjab was also presented.
Whereas, the meeting decided to outspread the scope of Punjab Transport Company to remote areas of the province.
Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakht, Transport Minister Jehanzeb Khan Khichi, secretary transport, ACS (South Punjab), secretary finance, secretary P&D, MD TDCP, MD Punjab Mass transit Authority, secretary provincial transport authority, and others also attended the meeting.