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KPK Govt. awards Peshawar Metro contract to Daewoo

ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to outsource the operation of Peshawar metro buses to a private company, which will run in the mass transit project being built in the provincial capital.

TransPeshawar the urban mobility company created by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to run the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project has selected the popular intercity bus and taxi service Daewoo Pakistan to manage the vehicle operations of BRT from the bus depot in Chamkani.

An official of TransPeshawar Nauman Manzoor told APP that private bus service has been inked to hand over the project after twelve years. He said Daewoo Pakistan Express Bus Service Limited was selected as the vehicle operating company (VOC) for the Chamkani Depot at the end of a competitive process as per the K-P Public Procurement Authority Rules.

He said that the vehicle operating company (VOC) will be responsible for managing the refueling of buses, their maintenance, the hiring of drivers and their training to ensure smooth bus operations. The BRT has two depots, one is located in Chamkani while the other is located in Hayatabad. They were specially built to service the BRT and will be equipped with facilities for fueling, cleaning, vehicle maintenance workshops with routine spare parts for the BRT buses.

The Chamkani depot is the larger of the two depots where 128 buses including 93 buses which are 12 meters long and 35 articulating buses which are 19 meters long are stored and maintained.

These include financial penalties against behavioral issues and disobedience with key performance indicators (KPIs),” added the statement, noting that some of critical KPIs include road safety, timely and accurate operations, ensuring good conditions of the fleet, transparency in financial and reporting, good behavior with passengers, compliance with gender plan and adherence to environmental guidelines.

To encourage women passengers to use the bus, the vehicle operation company is required to ensure that at least 15 percent of their staff is female.

As per the contract, the operator will be bound to hire locals and those having relevant experience in public transport

BRT operators are usually paid on the basis of the number of kilometers the buses run. This becomes one of the key factors in an operator’s selection apart from other factors such as company experience, credentials, and capacity to handle such operations.

In this regard, the (brt) has finalized a rate of Rs177 per kilometer. The operator will be paid based on the cumulative number of kilometers run by all their buses in a month.

 

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.