India, France ink MoU under ‘Mobilise Your City’; Nagpur, Kochi, Ahmedabad to get benefits under the initiative

NewsBharati    08-Sep-2018
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New Delhi, September 8: Nagpur, Kochi, and Ahmedabad will soon be able to get rid of their Green House Gas (GHG) emissions as it will be helped by the French Govt under “MOBILISE YOUR CITY” (MYC), launched at 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) meeting in December 2015.


 

India and France have signed an implementation agreement on “MOBILISE YOUR CITY” (MYC) here last evening in the presence of MoS for Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri and Alexander Ziegler, Ambassador of France in India.

Mobilise Your City (MYC) is part of an international initiative based on a proposal made by AFD in 2015, the European Union has agreed to provide funds of Euro 3.5 million through the AFD to contribute to specific investments and technical assistance components within the Mobilise Your City (MYC) programme in India.

The MYC aims at supporting three pilot cities viz. Nagpur, Kochi and Ahmedabad in their efforts to reduce their Green House Gas (GHG) emissions related to urban transport by implementing urban mobility plans at local level and to help India at national level to improve their sustainable transport policy.

The three pilot cities selected under the programme as well as MoHUA will benefit from the Technical Assistance activities. The main components of the proposed assistance are:

(1) To support planning and implementation of sustainable urban transport projects,

(2) Support to strengthening institutional capacity for regulating, steering and planning urban mobility, and

(3) Learning and exchange formats with other cities across India for exchanges on best practices.

The details of the project activities will be worked out by AFD in consultation with MoHUA and the three partner cities including institutions such as the respective Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) for Smart Cities, the Municipal Corporations and any transport authority or transport related SPV.