IT industry encouraged to use public transport
The Hindu
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A senior official of Telangana government on Friday urged IT/ITeS industry to collaborate with the government to promote use of public transport as reducing dependence on private vehicles is the way forward.
While the government remains focused on infrastructure development and during the lockdown, had expedited many projects, especially new roads, increasing share of public transport was significant for Hyderabad and its ecosystem in the backdrop of rapid growth, said Special Chief Secretary to the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department Arvind Kumar.
Noting that one of the yardsticks to determine how developed a city is, is percentage of people using public transport, Mr. Kumar, who was speaking at the Infrastructure Summit 2021, organised by the Hyderabad Software Enterprises Association (HYSEA), said that in some European cities, it is 75%. In Mumbai, it is around 66%, Delhi 50% and Hyderabad 33%.
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