Lok Sabha Question No. 3721 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-09
Subject: National Urban Transport Policy
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: SANKAR PRASAD DATTA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3721

TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 th  AUGUST, 2017

## NATIONAL URBAN TRANSPORT POLICY

No. 3721              SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state :

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  reviewed/proposes  to  review  the progress made under the National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP) and if so, the details and the outcome thereof;
- (b) whether the Government  considers any change in NUTP and if
- so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government had got a study conducted in the year 2013-14  for  establishing  service  level  benchmarks  for  urban transport; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government
- in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a):      National  Urban  Transport  Policy  (NUTP)  is  a  policy  guideline which provides broad framework for development of urban transport. Since Urban Transport intertwined with Urban Development is a State subject,  planning,  execution  and  development  of  urban  transport facilities  are  done  by  the  concerned  State/Union  Territory  (UT). Financial  assistance  is  provided  for  projects  of  urban  transport  like Buses, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Metro Rail Systems etc.

and  for  preparation  of  Feasibility  Study  Reports,  Detailed  Project Reports and Comprehensive Mobility Plans and the same is reviewed from  time  to  time  under  different  schemes.  A  brief  on  the  progress made  in  Urban  Transport  projects  and  study  reports  are  given  in Annexure 1.

(b):   No, Madam.

(c) & (d): Government  had  started  a  research  study  in  the  year 2012-2013 in 12 cities viz. Delhi, Jaipur, Jammu-Katra, Nanded, Patna, Vijayawada,  Kohima,  Bhubaneswar,  Ahmedabad,  Surat,  Mysore  and Hubli-Dharwad  with  an  objective  to  develop  operational  guidelines and  methodology  for  undertaking  benchmarking  using  the  Service Level  Bench  Marks  (SLB)  in  two  stages. Stage  one  of  the  study, comprising development of operational guidelines and methodology of delineating  urban  area,  data  collection,  storage  and  analysis  and standardising the procedure for undertaking benchmarking, has been completed.  Stage two consists of monitoring the change in level of service of urban transport in these 12 cities for two years. Monitoring of benchmark for first year has been completed.

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ANNEXURE- 1

ANNEXURE- 1 REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3721  REGARDING  'NATIONAL  URBAN TRANSPORT  POLICY'  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  09.08.2017  ASKED  BY SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA

## A Brief on the progress made in Urban Transport Projects

-  About 370 Kms of Metro Rail  is under operation and about 537 Kms is  under  construction.  This  includes  Metro/Mono  Rail  systems promoted  by  State  Governments  and  Private  Parties  under  their own arrangements.
-  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  has  provided
- financial  assistance  for  procurement  of  22994  buses  and  25 ancillary  infrastructure  projects  such  as  creation/  upgradation  of Depots, terminals & ITS facilities to 157 cities/ cluster of cities in two phases. Additional Central Assistance (ACA) amounting to Rs. 2845 crore (approx.) was released.  So far, 19721 buses have been procured. The scheme came to an on 31.01.2014. Further, funding of incomplete projects under AMRUT has also come to an end on 31.03.2017.
-  MoHUA has provided financial assistance to 11 cities for construction  of  about  504  Km  Bus  Rapid  Transit  System  (BRTS). About 245 km of BRTS is operational and remaining about 259 km is under construction.
-  Under the Urban Transport Planning & Capacity Building Scheme, the  Ministry  has  provided  financial  assistance  up  to  80%  for preparation of CMP in 77 cities.  Further, financial assistance up to 50%  has  been  provided  for  preparation  of  DPR  of  22  Metro  Rail projects  of  various  cities.  Various  other  traffic  &  transportation studies including research in transport and training under Capacity Building have been funded under this scheme.

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