Bhubaneswar wins the ‘City with the Best Public Transport System’ at 17th Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference & Exhibition 2024

The other dignitaries present at this premier event which is dedicated to the advancement of sustainable urban mobility solutions were,  Tokhan Sahu, Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs,   Kanubhai Desai, Minister of Finance and Energy, Government of Gujarat,  K C Mohapatra, Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Public Enterprises, Government of Odisha,    Srinivas R Katikithala , Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.

Addressing the valedictory Session, Union Minister   Manohar Lal stated that under the visionary leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi India has now come to the third position in the world in terms of operational rail network. Very soon Indian Metro network shall become second largest. Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of One Nation One Card which is called National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) is now becoming reality and most of the Metros in India have adopted NCMC and this is going to be a game changer in Urban Mobility sector.

 Tokhan Sahu, MoS, Housing and Urban Affairs applauded the Urban Mobility India (UMI) yearly conference initiative since 2008 in addressing the issues of Urban Mobility in India.  He is also delighted to share surpassing of more than 1 crore daily ridership of Metro trains in the country . He has also highlighted that vision and commitment of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India towards “Viksit Bharat 2047”.

The UMI has different categories of award in the field of Transport Sector especially in the Urban Transport. The awards are given to the state / city authorities for “Excellence/ best practice projects in Urban Transport”. The following 12  categories of awards were given to the winners who have been recommended by the Awards Selection Committee headed by the high level officers of the Government and experts of the field:

1. City with the Most Sustainable Transport System;
2. City with the Best Public Transport System;
3. City with the Best Non-Motorised Transport System;
4. City with Best Safety and Security System & Record;
5. City with the Best Intelligent Transport System (ITS);
6. City with the Most Innovative Financing Mechanism;
7. City with Best Record of Public Involvement in Transport;
8. City with the Best Freight Transport system;
9. City with the Best Green Transport Initiative;
10. Metro Rail with the Best Multimodal Integration;
11. Metro Rail with the Best Passenger Services and Satisfaction; and
12. Running trophy for the State / UT, which has Implemented Best Urban Transport projects during the previous year.

Complete List of awardees are as under :

On this occasion,   Manohar Lal, Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, Power, Government of India also announced Gurugram, Haryana as the venue of 18^th Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference & Exhibition 2025.