Mayur Mahajan
ग्रीन शहरी परिवहन योजना
As global warming becomes a hot topic in recent years as greenhouse effects getting faded because of the pollution released by humans, transport vehicles, red alert has been On accounting to that, government of India introduced a new scheme called Green Urban Transport Scheme under which the air pollution caused due to the transportation would be reduced. Green Urban Transport Scheme also known as GUTS in short form which mainly focused to reduce the emission of harmful carbon gas from the transportation, especially from government-owned transport facilities. Under this scheme, the government plans to launch the eco-friendly transportation facilities which run without damaging climatic conditions. The main aim is to reduce the emission of Carbon in transport vehicles. In this scheme central government, India plans to launch new public transport facilities which emit a low level of carbon gas just like metro rails, transport facilities which are nonmotorized in urban areas across the nation. The Initial Invested Amount by Government in this project is Rs.25, 000 Crores and government also seeks private Investment along with government’s Initial investment. Government Investment in Green Urban Transport Scheme: Rs.25, 000 Crores
Benefits of Green Urban Transport Scheme (GUTS):
- GUTS are fully featured with Intelligent Transport System (ITS)
- Benefits of Hi-tech facilities in public transport vehicles under the Green Urban Transport Scheme (GUTS)
- Benefits of efficient public transport vehicles
- Benefits to reduce the emission of Carbon in transport vehicles which are good for health
Features of Green Urban Transport Scheme (GUTS):
- Vehicles introduced under this Green Urban Transport Scheme (GUTS) are to be fully featured with Intelligent Transport System (ITS)
- Government plans to place various hi-tech facilities in public transport vehicles under the Green Urban Transport Scheme (GUTS) like Free Wi-Fi and so
- Features like ITS and placing hi-tech facilities in public transport vehicles, it will encourage more people to make use of public transports rather than preferring individual or private mode of transport
- The central government has allotted Rs. 25000 crore to run Green Urban Mobility Scheme for the cities of entire country
Eligibility for Green Urban Transport Scheme (GUTS):
- Urban areas must have population of above 5 Lakh are eligible to implement Green Urban Transport Scheme (GUTS)
How to Implement Green Urban Transport Scheme?
- The scheme mainly focuses on urban areas in which the transportation infrastructure going to be upgraded with the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) by doing so, respective government officials believe that people would prefer public transport instead of preferring individual mode to travel which would cost lot of pollution
- Under this scheme, Urban cities which had the total population of over 5 Lakh are considered for this Green Urban Transport Scheme (GUTS) by doing so, public transportation would get the increase when compared with past.
- Due to the implementation of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in the proposed Green Urban Transport Scheme (GUTS) travelers get hi-tech features in public transport system
References & details:
- For more details about Green Urban Transport Scheme (GUTS) visit: http://morth.nic.in/
- http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=153393
