Standing committee to discuss Metro project on Sept 15
Chandigarh, Sept. 12 -- The UT's Advisory Council's Standing Committee on Transport will hold a discussion on the possibilities of the Metro project in Chandigarh during a meeting scheduled for September 15.
The meeting will be chaired by Aam Aadmi Party's state president Vijapal Singh. The discussion will address the city's growing traffic congestion, and will deliberate on parking arrangements, incentive policies, road signage, zebra crossings, e-vehicles, and charging infrastructure. Vijaypal Singh, committee chairman, said that this would be his first meeting since the formation of the Standing Committee on Transport. The session will begin with a discussion on the minutes of the previous meeting, followed by an in-depth review of traffic congestion. "The traffic situation in Chandigarh is worsening day by day. A permanent solution must be found," he said. Officials from the UT administration and municipal corporation (MC) will attend the meeting to chalk out an implementation roadmap.
Meanwhile, Congress MP Manish Tewari has urged the chief ministers of Punjab and Haryana, along with the Chandigarh administrator, to convene a decisive meeting on the Metro project. He said despite repeated discussions and reports, there has been no clarity on whether the Metro will be approved.
"It is time to take a yes-or-no decision," he asserted, pointing out that the project's detailed project report (DPR) has still not been submitted to the Union government....
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