Govt executes SUTP with aid from global institutions

Urban Development Secretary Sudhir Krishna informed that his ministry initiated the Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) with the assistance of Global Environment Facility (GEF), the World Bank and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to foster a long-term partnership.

He informed this at the second annual meet of Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) in New Delhi.

Further, he remarked that an efficient and intelligent urban transport system cannot be developed unless all the stake holders pull their resources together.

In order to achieve a paradigm shift in India's urban transport systems, he stressed on the need for sustainable mixed land use pattern in the cities. Thus, there is a need for integration of land use and transportation and this can prove a game changer for big cities, he said.

SUTP is aimed at strengthening the capacity of the central government, states and cities in planning, financing, implementing, operating and managing sustainable urban transport systems, ministry officials said.

It is also directed at assisting them in preparing and implementing certain Green Transport projects towards reduction of green house gases in the urban environment.