Now, a low carbon plan for Bhubaneswar where vehicles outnumber people

The growth in the count of registered vehicles points to a mounting dependence on private vehicles, clogging the city's arterial roads

With the count of registered vehicles plying on Bhubaneswar's streets outnumbering the city's population, the Odisha government has initiated work on developing a low-carbon mobility plan for the state capital.

The state government's housing & urban development department and Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) in co-operation with German development agency Deutsche Gesellschaftfür Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, are jointly creating a Low-Carbon Mobility Plan (LCMP) for the city.

The plan for low carbon traffic footprint comes after the number of registered vehicles in the city saw an unsustainable hike. Figures from the Regional Transport Office (RTO) peg the count of registered vehicles