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Red Line BRT Work Restarts in Karachi as ADB Links Support to Results

ADB signaled further financing will hinge on stronger performance, safeguards, capacity.

Overview

  • Construction has resumed after nearly two months of suspension following the Sindh chief minister’s intervention.
  • Officials offered no firm completion date for the 27‑kilometre corridor, with the late‑2026 target still in doubt.
  • ADB Country Director Emma Fan reviewed progress with provincial leaders and said loan extensions or additional funds may be considered based on compliance and improved delivery.
  • The bank pressed for stronger institutional capacity at TransKarachi and timely safeguard and community grievance responses.
  • Reviews also covered Karachi’s TP‑4 sewage project and a Coastal Development plan nearing approval, with six more Sindh projects worth about $75 million moving through the pipeline.