Overview
- FWO resumed construction on University Road’s Red Line Lot 2 on Sunday, with a three‑month deadline to restore mixed‑traffic lanes and drainage.
- Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah apologized to residents stuck in gridlock and said the 12‑kilometre mixed‑traffic stretch will be restored within three months.
- The main BRT corridor for Lot 2 will be re‑tendered, and no contractor has been named for that segment yet.
- TransKarachi ended the CR3–AMS joint venture’s Lot 2 contract after an ADB visit cited slow pace, poor workmanship, and health, safety, and environmental lapses.
- District authorities sealed the contractor’s office, and the firm has petitioned the Sindh High Court to have the site de‑sealed.