India 2018

478 India 2018
In January, 2016, based on the all India competition, 20 cities were selected
in round-1. These are Bhubaneshwar (Odisha), Pune (Maharashtra), Jaipur
(Rajasthan), Surat (Gujarat), Kochi (Kerala), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Jabalpur
(Madhya Pradesh), Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Solapur (Maharashtra),
Davanagere (Karnataka), Indore (Madhya Pradesh), NDMC (Delhi), Coimbatore
(Tamil Nadu), Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), Belagavi (Karnataka), Udaipur
(Rajasthan), Guwahati (Assam), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Ludhiana (Punjab),
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh). 13 more cities were chosen in May, 2016 in Fast
Track round. These are Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Warangal (Telangana),
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh), Chandigarh (Chandigarh), Raipur
(Chhattisgarh), Newtown Kolkata (West Bengal), Bhagalpur (Bihar), Panaji
(Goa), Port Blair (A&N Islands), Imphal (Manipur), Ranchi (Jharkhand),
Agartala (Tripura), Faridabad (Haryana).
In September, 2016, 27 more such cities made it to the list of being Smart
City. These are Amritsar (Punjab), Kalyan-Dombivali (Maharashtra), Ujjain
(Madhya Pradesh), Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Nagpur (Maharashtra),
Mangaluru (Karnataka), Vellor (Tamil Nadu), Thane (Maharashtra), Gwalior
(Madhya Pradesh), Agra (Uttar Pradesh), Nashik (Maharashtra), Rourkela
(Odisha), Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Tumakuru
(Karnataka), Kota (Rajasthan), Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu), Namchi (Sikkim),
Jalandhar (Punjab), Shivamogga (Karnataka), Salem (Tamil Nadu), Ajmer
(Rajasthan), Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), Kohima (Nagaland), Hubballi-Dharwad
(Karnataka), Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Vadodara (Gujarat).
Urban Transport
Increasing urban population coupled with increased city size has led to a rapid
growth in the urban travel demand. Rapid growth in the use of personal motor
vehicle along with neglect of public transport, pedestrianisation and nonmotorized
modes has resulted in increased congestion, air pollution, higher
incidence of accidents as well as an increasing consumption of petroleum
products. Significant improvement in public transport, pedestrianisation and
ion-motorized modes are a critical requirement for improving mobility in urban
areas and hereby facilitating economic growth. Such improved mobility would
also have a beneficial impact on the urban poor by improving their access to
employment, education and health care. For urban planning it is necessary to
give attention to an appropriate policy for integration of transportation and
traffic plans with land use plans for every urban agglomeration. A National
Urban Transport Policy has been formulated by the central government. The
focus of the policy is to "Move People Not Vehicles". This policy envisages
integrated land use and transport planning, significant improvements in public
transport, encouragement of non-motorised modes of travel, provision of
adequate parking spaces as also a comprehensive set of measures for capacity
building in urban transport planning.