(a) whether the Union Government imparted capacity building training to urban transport professionals at the national, State/Union Territory (UT) and local levels;
(b) if so, the details of States/UTs where training has been imparted so far; and
(c) the time by which it is likely to be imparted in the remaining States/UTs, if any?
MINISTER OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT (SHRI M. VENKAIAH NAIDU)
(a): Yes, Madam.
(b): Ministry of Urban Development under component 1A of World Bank - Global Environment Facility UNDP assisted Sustainable Urban Transport Project has started to train 1000 urban transport professionals city/State officials concerned with urban transport since 2013-14. Ministry in coordination with Institute of Urban Transport, Delhi has so far trained 624 professionals in 11 training programmes during 2013-14 as per details given below:
S. No. State / UT Place Period of training 1 Himachal Pradesh Shimla 27 – 31 May, 2013 2 Tamil Nadu Chennai 24 – 28 June, 2013 3 Karnataka Bangalore 22 – 26 July, 2013 4 Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad 21 – 23 August, 2013 5 Odisha Bhubaneswar 25 – 27 September, 2013 6 Maharashtra Pune 22 – 25 October, 2013 7 West Bengal Kolkata 15 – 18 January, 2014 8 Assam(For North Guwahati 28 – 31 January, 2014 Eastern States) 9 Jharkhand Ranchi 4 – 7 February, 2014 10 Punjab, Haryana Chandigarh 10 – 13 February, 2014 & Chandigarh 11 Uttar Pradesh Lucknow 4 – 7 March, 2014
S. No. Name of the States/UTs/ Organisations 01 Delhi 02 Gujarat 03 Karnataka 04 Kerala 05 Himachal Pradesh 06 Maharashtra 07 Madhya Pradesh 08 Mizoram 09 Odisha 10 Punjab 11 Rajasthan 12 Tamil Nadu 13 Uttar Pradesh 14 Metros/ Indian Railways