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The Ministry of Urban Development has constituted a 17-member High Powered Inter Ministerial Committee to prepare a report on decongestion of Delhi.

The Ministry of Urban Development has constituted a 17-member High Powered Inter Ministerial Committee to prepare a report on decongestion of Delhi.

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Last Updated : Oct 17 2014 | 1:23 PM IST
The Ministry of Urban Development has constituted a 17-member High Powered Inter Ministerial Committee to prepare a report on decongestion of Delhi.

The Committee has been set up further to the direction of the Urban Development Minister Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu to take necessary measures to improve mobility in the national capital. The Minister has taken a serious view of media reports highlighting traffic congestion on the roads of Delhi for various reasons and sought corrective interventions on priority.

The Committee will take into account all the technical, financial and administrative aspects on How to Decongest Delhi and will submit the report along with proposed action plan by the first week of November, 2014.

The High Powered Inter Ministerial Committee, to be chaired by the Secretary (Urban Development), Government of India, has Chairman, Railway Board, Secretary(Defence), Secretary(Road Transport & Highways), Secretary(Home Affairs) or their representatives as members. The other members of the Committee include:

1.Chairman, National Highway Authority
2.Principle Secretary(PWD), Govt. of National Capital Territory of Delhi
3.Principle Secretary(Transport), Govt. of National Capital Territory of Delhi
4.Vice-Chairman, Delhi Development Authority
5.Member Secretary, National Capital Region Planning Board
6.Police Commissioner, Delhi
7.Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
8.Director, UTTIPEC (Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure Policy & Engineering
Centre)
9.Chairman, New Delhi Municipal Committee
10. Municipal Commissioner, South Delhi Municipal Corporation
11. Municipal Commissioner, North Delhi Municipal Corporation
12.Municipal Commissioner, East Delhi Municipal Corporation
 
Managing Director, Delhi Transport Corporation and Director General, Institute of Urban Transport will be the Special Invitees. Joint Secretary(Urban Transport) and OSD(Urban Transport) will be the Convenors of the High Powered Inter Ministerial Committee on decongestion of Delhi.
 
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First Published: Oct 10 2014 | 4:20 PM IST

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