There is a need for skilled urban planning professionals as per NITI Aayog. Skilled urban planning professionals are the Graduates with a B.Plan or Post Graduates with an M.Plan, not engineers with a 2-days workshop. Kindly recognize the role of planners. H & UD Dept

The Officials are ignoring the fact that there will be requirement of higher amount of funds in the future for the maintenance of the roads and flyovers that they are constructing today.

A partnership between #IndianRailways and #indiapost for faster parcel delivery, progress towards the target of improving rail freight share to 45% of total land freight transport, and reduction of #GHG emission. infra.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/railways/…

The #IndianRailways have achieved electrification of 83% of route kilometers of total broad gauge routes and target 100% #electrification by 2024. Contribute towards #decarbonization of transportation, and reduce dependency on #petroleum-based energy. pib.gov.in/PressReleseDet…

#ClimateAction climate change affects in terms of economic loss, global warming, and social risks. #cities are the contributors but can play an important role in #mitigating climate change impacts through effective #urbanplanning, #sustainablemobility, #energyefficiency, etc.

#ClimateAction #Regionalconnectivity is an important aspect that will not only reduce #transportemissions and create #resiliency towards climate change impacts but also contribute to #economicgrowth. Developing efficient mode of transport & their integration will improve it.

Road widening & building flyovers are not the solutions for #congestion relief. Global examples of induced #traffic demand effect due to adding more lanes are the best learnings for shifting the focus towards strengthening transit facilities, & shifting #freight from road to rail

#sharedmobility have the ability to facilitate efficient transportation by reducing congestion, fuel consumption & emissions. The effective functioning of shared mobility has various hurdles of lack of #infrastructure, fragmented #Governance & insufficient #data for planning.

Initiatives for increasing the share of rail #freight: - Understanding the service quality requirement & customer-oriented #planning. - Efficient models and regulatory framework for multimodal integration. - zoning strategies for developing logistics activities near #Railways.

The President of India appoints 1988-batch Gujarat-cadre IAS officer, Bidyut Bihari Swain as Member, UPSC