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Article: Pakistan: Kamal seeks $800m from ADB for bus rapid transit.
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- August 5, 2008
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Byline: Mamta03
City Nazim Mustafa Kamal stated Monday that 800 million dollars to be provided by the Asian Development Bank for mega projects, will now be spent on the Bus Rapid Transit system.
He said this to Arif Parvez, who heads the Pakistan Chapter of the Clinton Foundation, Monday. Kamal pointed out that the Mass Transit was a mega with having different sectors. However, its BRT system can be developed in a shorter time. In the beginning, the BRT system can be developed within 12 to 18 months as its entire study and survey have already been completed.
Separately, Kamal said that financial year 2008-09 was the year of the social sector ...