[sustran] States/UTs asked to consider introduction of ‘Congestion Charges’; No response

[Vinay Baindur]

http://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=0




No proposal to limit personal vehicles, says Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu

States/UTs asked to consider introduction of ‘Congestion Charges’; No
response

There is no proposal to impose any limit on number of personal vehicles
owned by a household and instead, the emphasis of the government is on
providing an efficient public transport in urban areas. This was stated by
Urban Development Minister Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu in a written reply in
Rajya Sabha today.

Shri Naidu informed Shri Ritabrata Banerjee that the central government has
been making endeavors to promote quick, comfortable, reliable, safe,
affordable and quality public transport as envisaged in the National Urban
Transport Policy, 2006 instead of regulating the number of personal
vehicles.

Shri Venkaiah Naidu has separately informed Shri Mansuklal Mandaviya that
the Ministry of Urban Development has offered 80% financial assistance to
the States and Union Territories to carry out studies on ‘congestion
charges’. He said that States and UTs were advised last year to consider
introduction of ‘congestion charges’ as a measure to ‘decongest’ identified
areas. States/UTs were asked to identify the most congested areas in cities
and undertake studies on various aspects of congestion charges as per city
requirement to address the problem of congestion. But no formal proposal
has been received from States/UTs.

AAR/BD
(Release ID :108258