proposal to relaunch tram services in karachi

Karachi Administrator Iftikhar Ali Shalwani reported on Friday that Turkey has put an offer to launch tram services in the metropolitan city. The administration is working on a plan to re-launch this economic service in the port city.

Turkish Consul General Tolga Ucak had offered to launch the services in the city in a meeting with the administrator of Karachi last month.

While addressing a ceremony, the administrator said the route the tram is expected to take would comprise of nine kilometers.

“The city government is working over a plan to run tram service in Karachi between Metropole and I I Chundrigar Road”, he said.

He also added that the Karachi administration would be organizing a marathon race in Karachi the following year.