New Delhi,
Nov 3: Hyderabad will host a three-day conference to discuss urban
transport challenges and solutions from tomorrow.
About 1,000 policy makers including Mayors and Municipal Councilors from the five southern States, administrators, experts, urban planners, researchers and technology and service providers from over 20 Indian States and 25 foreign countries will converge at the iconic HITEX City in Hyderabad for the three day Conference from tomorrow to discuss issues, challenges and solutions related to transport and mobility in the cities and towns.
Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu will inaugurate the ‘Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo’ tomorrow.
Telanagana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao and Union Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri will also address the inaugural session setting the tone for deliberations over the next three days.
Hyderabad was decided as the venue for the tenth UMI Conference and Expo by Mr Naidu last year when he was the Union Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, an official from Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said here on Friday.
Hyderabad is hosing this Conference for the first time since UMI Conference was introduced in 2008. This Conference is being organized jointly by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of Telangana and CODATU, a French Transport Institute.
UMI Conference aims at promoting dissemination of information and exchange of ideas on urban transport and mobility issues and the best practices being followed in the cities across the world.
At the Hyderabad Conference, initiatives and experiences in respect of various aspects of urban transport of 86 cities including 36 foreign cities will be presented as case studies for detailed discussion. UNI
About 1,000 policy makers including Mayors and Municipal Councilors from the five southern States, administrators, experts, urban planners, researchers and technology and service providers from over 20 Indian States and 25 foreign countries will converge at the iconic HITEX City in Hyderabad for the three day Conference from tomorrow to discuss issues, challenges and solutions related to transport and mobility in the cities and towns.
Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu will inaugurate the ‘Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo’ tomorrow.
Telanagana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao and Union Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri will also address the inaugural session setting the tone for deliberations over the next three days.
Hyderabad was decided as the venue for the tenth UMI Conference and Expo by Mr Naidu last year when he was the Union Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, an official from Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said here on Friday.
Hyderabad is hosing this Conference for the first time since UMI Conference was introduced in 2008. This Conference is being organized jointly by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of Telangana and CODATU, a French Transport Institute.
UMI Conference aims at promoting dissemination of information and exchange of ideas on urban transport and mobility issues and the best practices being followed in the cities across the world.
At the Hyderabad Conference, initiatives and experiences in respect of various aspects of urban transport of 86 cities including 36 foreign cities will be presented as case studies for detailed discussion. UNI
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