By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs and Power, Shri Manohar Lal addressed the valedictory session of the three days 17th Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference & Exhibition 2024 at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Sunday .
The other dignitaries present at this premier event which is dedicated to the advancement of sustainable urban mobility solutions were, Shri Tokhan Sahu, Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Kanubhai Desai, Minister of Finance and Energy, Government of Gujarat, Shri K C Mohapatra, Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Public Enterprises, Government of Odisha, Shri Srinivas R Katikithala , Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.
Addressing the valedictory Session, Union Minister Shri Manohar Lal stated that under the visionary leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi India has now come to the third position in the world in terms of operational rail network. Very soon Indian Metro network shall become second largest. Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of One Nation One Card which is called National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) is now becoming reality and most of the Metros in India have adopted NCMC and this is going to be a game changer in Urban Mobility sector.
Shri Tokhan Sahu, MoS, Housing and Urban Affairs applauded the Urban Mobility India (UMI) yearly conference initiative since 2008 in addressing the issues of Urban Mobility in India. He is also delighted to share surpassing of more than 1 crore daily ridership of Metro trains in the country . He has also highlighted that vision and commitment of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India towards “Viksit Bharat 2047”.
The UMI has different categories of award in the field of Transport Sector especially in the Urban Transport. The awards are given to the state / city authorities for “Excellence/ best practice projects in Urban Transport”.
On this occasion, Shri Manhohar Lal, Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, Power, Government of India also announced Gurugram, Haryana as the venue of 18th Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference & Exhibition 2025.
