While billions of rupees — from the taxpayer’s pocket — have been poured into the Green Line project, the people of Karachi have yet to gain any benefits from this scheme. The base of the escalator is being used as a garbage dump at the Shadman Town station while (right) a portion of the grill has broken near Nagan Chowrangi. — Fahim Siddiqi/White Star
KARACHI: As the federal government had given another deadline for opening of the Green Line bus rapid transit system (BRTS) project in July-August, any relief in the transport sector seems a distant dream for Karachiites who have been waiting for the project’s completion ever since its groundbreaking was performed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Feb 16, 2016.