High Powered Committee set up on decongestion of Delhi

Secretaries of five union ministries, Delhi government, ten other agencies on the Committee Report on ‘How to Decongest Delhi’ to be submitted in 30 days

The Ministry of Urban Development has constituted a 17-member High Powered Inter Ministerial Committee to prepare a report on decongestion of Delhi.             The Committee has been set up further to the direction of the Urban Development Minister Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu to take necessary measures to improve mobility in the national capital. The Minister has taken a serious view of media reports highlighting traffic congestion on the roads of Delhi for various reasons and sought corrective interventions on priority.             The Committee will take into account all the technical, financial and administrative aspects on ‘How to Decongest Delhi’ and will submit the report along with proposed action plan by the first week of November, 2014.             The High Powered Inter Ministerial Committee, to be chaired by the Secretary (Urban Development), Government of India, has Chairman, Railway Board, Secretary(Defence), Secretary(Road Transport & Highways), Secretary(Home Affairs) or their representatives as members. The other members of the Committee include:             1.Chairman, National Highway Authority             2.Principle Secretary(PWD), Govt. of National Capital Territory of Delhi             3.Principle Secretary(Transport), Govt. of National Capital Territory of Delhi             4.Vice-Chairman, Delhi Development Authority             5.Member Secretary, National Capital Region Planning Board             6.Police Commissioner, Delhi             7.Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation             8.Director, UTTIPEC (Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure Policy & Engineering                                                      Centre)             9.Chairman, New Delhi Municipal Committee             10. Municipal Commissioner, South Delhi Municipal Corporation             11. Municipal Commissioner, North Delhi Municipal Corporation             12.Municipal Commissioner, East Delhi Municipal Corporation             Managing Director, Delhi Transport Corporation and Director General, Institute of Urban Transport will be the Special Invitees. Joint Secretary(Urban Transport) and OSD(Urban Transport) will be the Convenors of the High Powered Inter Ministerial Committee on decongestion of Delhi. Courtesy: pib.nic.in