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Chinese experts working round the clock on BRT buses: Spokesman

PESHAWAR: A team of Chinese experts from the company which provided buses for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Peshawar, was busy in detailed inspection of the buses and route after the service was halted in the wake of four fire incidents on BRT vehicles.

Spokesman for Trans Peshawar, the company that runs BRT said experts from the bus company were taking round the clock detailed assessment of the buses from all aspects. After a complete checkup of the buses and rectification of the shortcomings, he said the BRT service will resume.

He said all the buses of BRT were in warranty and to make them more travel worthy and reliable and avert recurrence of fire incidents, some state-of-the-art parts and gadgets were being installed in these buses.

He said the team of Chinese experts was confident that the buses will show improved performance once rectified and made more reliable.

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.