[sustran] Asia BRTS meet ends

Vinay Baindur yanivbin at gmail.com
Sun Sep 9 13:16:45 JST 2012


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Asia-BRTS-meet-ends/articleshow/16317023.cms


*Asia BRTS meet ends*

TNN | Sep 9, 2012, 02.00AM IST

Union Urban Development Secretary|Latin American BRTS Association|India
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AHMEDABAD: The three-day Asia BRTS conference ended on Saturday. However,
two important bureaucrats - Union urban development secretary Sudhir
Krishna and officer on special duty (urban transport) SK Lohia - left
Ahmedabad early on Saturday morning to attend an urgent Prime Minister's
meeting in Delhi. The review work of JNNURM projects in various cities,
which was to happen in the presence of the urban secretary, was cancelled.

The conference culminated with 14 cities signing a treaty to form an India
BRTS association. The treaty will be sent to the Union urban development
ministry for approval, according to municipal commissioner Guruprasad
Mohapatra. The consortium will act as a pressure group to secure better
deals in bus procurement, spare parts and other allied purchases. The
conference also pledged to form anAsia BRTS association on the lines of the
Latin American BRTS association. "We want the Asia association to meet once
every two years mainly for knowledge sharing," says Mohapatra. The
Ahmedabad edition of the Asia BRTS conference was the first such event in
India.


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