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From Zeeshan Mirza
KARACHI: The Supreme Court ordered on Thursday that the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) be completed in the next nine months.
Headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, an apex court bench was hearing the KCR revival case at the Karachi registry. Commissioner Karachi Naved Ali Shaikh informed the judges that the KCR track has been cleared of all encroachments. At this, CJP Ahmed asked what is hampering the complete restoration of the KCR when all encroachments had been removed from the track.
The KCR project director said the 14-kilometre long Orangi-City station track, which is dotted with nine stations, is operational. The complete KCR track is 43 kilometres long, the secretary railway said, adding the City-Drigh road track is also operational.
However, the Green Line BRT project has become a hurdle near Nazimabad, he pointed out. A flyover or an underpass need to built there, he added.
