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PM to inaugurate flagship project of govt, Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit today
August 13, 2020

Prime Minister will inaugurate the flagship project of government, the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit on Thursday. 

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan announced at a news conference that all the arrangements for the inauguration of the project, a gift from Pakistan Tehrik Insaaf Government for people of Peshawar have been finalized.

The BRT built at the cost around 70 billion rupees, will bring revolution in the provincial capital's transport system as approximately 340,000 common people will enjoy a safe, comfortable and affordable travel in luxury buses on daily basis. 

The BRT is a 27.5 kilometer-long main corridor track with 31 stations, besides seven feeder routes of total 62 kilometers with 146 stops to facilitate hundreds of thousands of passengers every day.

The inaugural ceremony is likely to be attended by Governors of Sindh and Khyber Pakhunkhwa, federal and provincial ministers, advisers and special assistants, and other senior government officials.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran Khan will also inaugurate ‘Ehsas Nashonuma’ Program in Bara area of District Khyber today.

Ehsaas Nashonuma is the first anti stunting program in the country's history. The budget of this year program is 8.52 billion rupees.

Under this program, the deserving families will be provided with nutritious food along with quarterly stipend which will be two thousand rupees for the girls and fifteen hundred rupees for boys.

In the first phase, thirty three Nashonuma centers will be established in nine districts of the country. All these centers will be established by the end of this month.