Infrastructure & Development Projects: Pakistan

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Re: PM directs to commence work on Diamer-Bhasha Dam

@desert_bird

Mono Train in Islamabad

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**Monorail from Zero-Point to Rawat on Cards

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**ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to run a mono train from Zero Point to Rawat to facilitate the citizens.

Sources said that besides improving road and highways infrastructure, the government has decided to run the train to ease traffic pressure on roads. According to the sources, the PC-1 of the project has been prepared and a route has been surveyed. A terminal would be set up near Zero point while sub-stations would be set up at Faizabad, Dhok Kala Khan, Khana East, Koral, Media Town, I8 and Naval Enclave.

The source said that six interchanges would also be set up at the Islamabad Expressway. The bogeys of the monorail will be imported from China and Pakistan Railways will assist in laying the railways tracks. The sources further said that the work on the project is likely to be started from 2017 and to be completed before the end of 2018. The monorail would be equipped with all the modern facilities, the sources added.

Why a Monorail and not a Metro train? Also, why not just build another BRT?