Aurangabad : Municipal Corporation and Aurangabad Smart City Development Corporation Limited have decided to bring NMT policy in the city. Soon this policy will be implemented in the city. This will bring great relief to the passers-by and cycle riders. Work on non-motorised transport policy policy after parking policy and Hawkers zone policy under the guidance of Chief Executive Officer of Aurangabad Smart City and Municipal Commissioner Astik Kumar Pandey. has started.
The Smart City Team and ITDP (Institute for Transportation and Development Policy) met today at the Headquarters of Smart City Development Corporation Limited. During the meeting, ITDP officers Pranjal Kulkarni and Siddharth Godbole gave information about the NMT (Non Motorized Transport Policy) policy. On this occasion, Pushkal Shivam, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Smart City Aurangabad, Assistant Project Manager Sneha Nair, Sneha Bakshi, Project Associate Kiran Aade were present. During this, the officials of the international organization ITDP gave information about this policy. The policy will facilitate walking in the city and promote cycling by creating a safe and recreational network of footpaths, cycle tracks, greenways and other NMT facilities. Aurangabad has recently won the Streets for People Challenge in 113 cities at the national level, which is important from the point of view of policy implementation.
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This will be a contribution by Aurangabad to the United Nations Race to Zero and Race to Resilience. This policy will help the city to have a clean environment and a healthy and clean formula. Such a policy is being implemented in various cities around the world. In this regard, decision is being taken by Aurangabad Smart City to implement this policy under the guidance of Central and State Governments. This is the first step in drafting this policy. The process is being carried out under the supervision of Arun Shinde, Additional Chief Executive of Smart City and Aparna Thete, Deputy Commissioner of Municipal Corporation.