State govt calls for ITSP in all towns

Maharashtra government urged civic bodies across the state to prepare a detailed project report for Intelligent Transport System Project (ITSP) and seek union government funding for the same. In this regard, the state government plans to organize a workshop for elected representatives and administration officials of the civic bodies to disseminate the idea of ITSP, reports indicate. ITSP is intended to solve road congestion by offering state-of-the-art technologies and attractive, convenient, comfortable, value-added services to encourage use of bus services against individual personal vehicles. It also helps save time, effort and money that will eventually help create a better city to live in and be proud of, says a government press statement. It may be noted that the state government is working on sustainable urban transport project (SUTP) with the support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the World Bank and United Nations Development Program (UNDP). It aims to foster a long-term partnership between the union government and state or local governments in the implementation of a greener environment under the ambit of the National Urban Transport Project (NUTP). As a part of this initiative, a number of projects have been undertaken by the Ministry in the country.