To achieve zero emission, the State Government is working out a Comprehensive Mobility Plan for both rural and urban areas.
Chief Secretary AP Padhi has directed the officials of the Commerce and Transport and the Housing and Urban Development Departments to work out a strategy paper for an Inclusive Policy on Transformative Mobility for the State.
A State-level Taskforce on Mobility would be set up under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to give final shape to the ambitious plan.
Sources said Commerce and Transport department is busy in taking up ideas from various stakeholders. Department Secretary G Srinivas and Special Secretary Rail Coordination Manoj Kumar Mishra have taken the initiative
While the State Government feels that mobility on road, railway and waterway needs an inclusive policy framework, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has imparted a vision of formulating such a policy called “Inclusive Policy on Transformative Mobility of India.”
On the Prime Minister’s directive, the NITI Aayog, is spearheading this initiative.
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has written to the State Government in this regard and has urged them to go for a State-level Taskforce on Mobility and involve key stakeholders for formulation of urban and rural mobility, public transportation and environment.
The NITI Aayog has planned a global mobility summit ‘MOVE’ in September 2018, which will involve world leaders, policy makers, innovators, key stakeholders and manufacturers coming together for a brain storming and to take forward the vision.
State Governments would participate in the ‘MOVE’ and earlier to the summit, workshops would hold at national and State levels.
The Smart City authorities are planning for an environment friendly mobility plan for Bhubaneswar and they have roped in services of international consultants for framing the project initiative, said sources.