ISLAMABAD: Federal Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry has announced that the government was studying a proposal to run an ‘electric automatic train from Islamabad Airport to Murree’.
In a Tweet, Fawad Chaudhry, said, “The next major project is the electric automatic train. The study, in this regard, has started and a meeting has been held with the planning ministry.”
اسلام آبد میں 38 الیکٹرک بسوں کا منصوبہ اب EOI کی سطح پر آچکا ہے، اگلا اہم منصوبہ انشاللہ اسلام آباد ائرپورٹ سے مری تک الیکٹرک آٹومیٹک ٹرین کا ہے جس کی اسٹڈی شروع ہو گئ ہے اور پلاننگ منسٹری سے اس ضمن میں میٹنگ بھی ہو چکی ہے، انشاللہ اس پراجیکٹ سے سیاحت اور سفر کامنظر بدل جائیگا https://t.co/61iZjK69TV
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) November 2, 2020
Earlier, talking to a private new channel, Chaudhry said that Islamabad will be the first city in Pakistan to have environment-friendly electric transport by December this year.
He expressed his view after the signing ceremony of a strategic alliance agreement between the government and a German company.
He said, “Under the new MoU, the German company will invest in three phases; installations of its manufacturing plants, bus operations and technology transfer to Pakistan.”
“Introduction of electric vehicular technology will expedite work on the government’s policy to check environmental pollution,” the minister added.
He reiterated that the government has decided to install electric vehicle charging stations on motorways across the country in the next six months. Fawad assured that the government was giving special emphasis to science and technology to unleash the potential of the youth.
