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pening the session, Lux Rao said, “The impact
of technology on equalising the social fabric has
never been felt as it has been felt now. The grand “Though we cannot
vision for 100 Smart Cities that has been unveiled stop a person or an
Oby the Prime Minister could not have been aspirant from buying
timelier. One of the biggest problems today is urbanisation as it
is happening in India where more than half of the population is a car, as long as we
milling around the cities, just like the worldwide phenomenon provide the public a
where of a population of seven billion, more than four billion transport system which
reside in cities. The land mass, however, is only about one- is efficient with last
seventh of the total landmass which means the Smart Cities mile connectivity, his
must be really smart in all of the resources”.
Emphasising that ‘Smart Mobility in Urban Cities’ was a very intensity to take the car
important and relevant topic, he said that a clear need was out on every occasion
felt for mobility as it is a very important parameter on which will go down”.
a citizen assesses the government’s performance. “Partly
because of prosperity and partly because of the unplanned – Yudhvir Singh Malik
growth, the cities are reeling under pressure. So what could
be the plausible solutions to address these problems of Urban
Mobility?” he asked. Rao also emphasised the need for public-
private innovation and participation.

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