Speedo bus service launched in Bahawalpur

Author: Our Correspondent

BAHAWALPUR: Mayor Aqeel Najum Hashmi and Deputy Commissioner Rana Saleem Afzal inaugurated the Speedo bus service in Bahawalpur on Tuesday. They congratulated the people on the start of the speedo bus service between Bahawalpur and Lodhran. A fleet of total 12 air-conditioned buses will plying between Bahawalpur and Lodhran and an e-ticketing system has been introduced for travelling.

While addressing the inaugural ceremony, Deputy Commissioner Rana Saleem Afzal said that after Lahore and Multan, the city of Bahawalpur has been blessed with this state-of-the-art public transport system.

Mayor Aqeel Najum Hashmi said that now people will travel in a respectable way on a Speedo bus for a nominal sum of Rs 10 to 30 only.

Published in Daily Times, January 17th 2018.

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