PESHAWAR (INP): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has approved Metro Bus project for Peshawar at a cost of Rs14 billion.

The approval of the project was given by Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak while chairing a meeting here on Thursday. The Metro Bus project would be 26.6 kilometers long.

According to sources, the per kilometer cost of the Peshawar Metro bus project would be Rs520 million as against Rawalpindi Metro bus project cost of Rs1920 million per kilometer.