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Institute of Urban Transport (IUT) and Maha Metro
concludes 11 th Edition of Urban Mobility India
Conference & Expo 2018 in Nagpur
Green Mobility’
theme of urban
mobility India
conference at
Nagpur aims to
reduce
environmental
problems. Nagpur’s
metro, broad gauge
Railway, e-vehicles
bringing an
innovative model of
urban mobility.
I
n the last 4 Years, Nagpur has
witnessed the transformation
in the urban transport sector.
Nagpur’s
metro
is
an
innovative model, which drives 60%
power from solar energy. The e-taxi
project, methanol bus is another
initiative which was started for the
first time in country form Nagpur.
Such mass rapid transit system based
on electricity is need of the hour,
opined Union Minister of Road
Transport, Highways & Shipping
Nitin Gadkari today in Nagpur.
Gadkari was speaking on the occasion
of the inaugural session of the
11 th edition of Urban India Mobility
Conference organized by Minister of
Housing & Urban Affairs, Institute of
Urban Transport & Maha Metro.
Union Housing, Urban Affairs (I/C)
Hardeep Singh Puri, Chief Minister of
Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis,
Guardian Minister C. Bawankule,
Ambassador of France to India
Alexander Ziegler, Ambassador of
Germany, Dr. Martin Ney, Chief
Managing Director, Maha Metro,
Nagpur, Dr. Brijesh Dixit, Secretary,
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs,
Durga
Shankar Mishra, were
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prominently present on this occasion.
The conference is being held from 2 to
4 November in Chitnavis Centre, Civil
Lines, Nagpur.
Stressing upon the need of an
alternative,
cost-effective
&
indigenous fuel, Gadkari said that
Jatropha, sugarcane bagasse & other
agricultural waste can be a good
source of bio-fuel. Through his
Ministry, 20 thousand kilometer
river-length is being converted into
waterways. Mumbai to Goa-sea cruise
& Ro-Ro services in other waterways
are some evident examples of
waterway transport, he informed on
this occasion.
Hardeep Puri praised Nagpur
city’s innovative project to introduce
e-taxis & buses for urban transport.
Theme of UMI conference ‘Green
Mobility’ is in resonance with
Nagpur’s Urban transport as it is
reducing environmental pollution, he
underlined. He also appreciated the
new initiative in the transport sector,
started by Nitin Gadkari in the
country as well as in Nagpur. He
opined that urban mobility is the
key-driver of economy. He informed
that in near future, few stretches of
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Delhi Metro will be inaugurated so
that total length of Metro become 350
kilometers.
Hyderabad Metro Rail selected as
Best Urban Mass Transit Project
while The Maharashtra Metro Rail
Corporation (Maha Metro) won the
prize for “The Best Exhibitor” at
the Urban Mobility India Conference
2018. Innovative concepts like Tree
transplantation,
Property
Development & Station design
inspirations were displayed at the
stall.
Maharashtra
Chief
Minister
Devendra Fadnavis also inaugurated
‘Hackthon’ on occasion of the
inaugural session of the conferecne.
He advocated for competitive & end
to end solutions for lowering
environmental pollution & offering
the traveler a comfortable experience
resulting in effective transport
management. ZEROth App was
selected as Hackathon winner at the
UMI 2018. This App provides
integrated trip information for public
transport users for door-to-door
connectivity: time, cost and emissions
for trip alternatives.
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