Another bus caught fire on Hayatabad feeder route
\nAbdul Hakeem Mohmand
\nPESHAWAR
\nKhyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday suspended service of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) to review the technical performance of all the buses comprehensively after several of the vehicles had caught fire since its launch in mid-August.
\nAt least four buses have been burnt so far, with the latest being seen on fire on Wednesday, raising fears among the people using the service.
\nThe fourth bus caught fire on Hayatabad feeder route but the flames were doused by the rescue team. No casualties or injuries were reported in the incident.
\nThe first bus had caught fire days after the launch of the project, which was followed by a similar incident on University Road while the third firing incident had occurred near BRT station in Gulbahar locality. The passengers had miraculously escaped deaths and injuries. When the first incident had happened, authorities had directed rescue teams to stay alert against such occurrences in future.
\nProvincial authorities had constituted an inquiry committee to probe technical faults in 12 and 18-meter buses. The task assigned to the inquiry committee remained unfulfilled.
\nThe provincial government had also approached the Chinese manufacturing company, Xiamen Golden Dragon Bus Company, to inspect the faulty buses. A team of Chinese engineers had visited the provincial capital to review the performance of the buses.
\nMuhammad Umair, spokesperson of the Tans-Peshawar, the company that runs the BRT service, said that the service has been temporarily suspended to identify the root cause of technical fault in buses.
\n\u201cThe Chinese manufacturers have also advised to suspend the operations temporarily to avoid any untoward incident,\u201d the spokesperson said.
\nThe bus service, Umair said, will resume after proper investigation, arresting and addressing the problem.
\nMeanwhile, a new team of the Bus manufacturers has also arrived in Peshawar to assist the previous team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Another bus caught fire on Hayatabad feeder route Abdul Hakeem Mohmand PESHAWAR Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday suspended service of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) to review the technical performance of all the buses comprehensively after several of the vehicles had caught fire since its launch in mid-August. At least four buses have been burnt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\n