Delhi Government Signs Pact With IIIT Delhi To Set Up Centre For Sustainable Mobility

The Delhi Government has signed an Agreement with the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT Delhi) to create a Centre for Sustainable Mobility that will aim to create a world-class transport infrastructure in the national capital.

The Delhi Government has signed an Agreement with the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT Delhi) to create a Centre for Sustainable Mobility that will aim to create a world-class transport infrastructure in the national capital, Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said on Monday. The government has entered into collaboration with IIIT Delhi to create the centre that has been allocated Rs 6.1 crore via Knowledge Development Foundation, Mr Gahlot said in a press conference. The minister said that contactless ticketing in public transport buses was introduced in Delhi for the first time in collaboration with IIIT Delhi and now daily 70,000 tickets of the total issued tickets are being transacted through contactless mode. This centre will work towards integrating various advancements initiated by the Transport Department like route rationalisation, open transit data, charging station infrastructure on one platform, he said. The open-transit data system which facilitates real-time location of DTC, cluster buses and other relevant information will be created in the centre. Startups are welcome to develop innovative applications based on it, he said. The centre stationed in IIIT Delhi will serve as a gateway to the solution of a number of urban transportation issues and will be a step towards Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's dream of building a world-class public infrastructure, the transport minister said.