Government will not wait for the completion of Kashmir Highway interchange and will open the metro bus service by the end of January 2015. Apparently disturbed by the criticism of political parties as well as the road users, the government wants to start the service within the stipulated time. Political parties, especially Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf, said the government has launched the project to gain political mileage. At the start of the project, government increased cost by Rs 6.17 billion to Rs 44.21 billion which will be spent on the construction of Peshawar Mor interchange. However, the pace of work by National Logistic Cell (NLC) on the Peshawar Mor interchange and 9th Avenue remained slow. A senior official of Rawalpindi Development Authority has told that provincial government had ignored the completion of Peshawar Mor and Parade Avenue. "NLC's slow pace of work at Peshawar Mor interchange will further delay the project and it was likely to be completed by May or June. He said that work on Parade Avenue will complete in March. Commissioner Rawalpindi said that work on Peshawar Mor interchange will complete on March 23 while government has set deadline for Metro Bus route as January 25. Peshawar Mor interchange is a separate component of the project and it will provide signal free roads for Kashmir highway users. Four underpasses will provide free ways to metro bus from Rawalpindi to Pakistan secretariate. Metro bus service will be inaugurated by the prime minister and chief minister on January 30.
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