Question: Recently the Urban Mobility India Conference from 8th to 11th November 2016 was held in which of the following city?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Gandhi Nagar
(c) Jaipur
(d) Bhubneshwar
Ans. (b)
Related facts:
- On 8 November 2016 Union Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Poverty Alleviation Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated a four da(8th to 11th November 2016 ) Urban Mobility India conference at Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
- The conference was organized jointly by Ministry of Urban Development and Gujarat Government from 8th to 11th November at Mahatma Mandir.
- The theme of the conference is ‘Planning Mobility for City’s sustainability’.
- Various issues pertaining to atmospheric pollution, traffic congestion due to rising number of vehicles in the cities and various aspects of sustainable and environment friendly urban transport management were discussed in this conference.
- This is for the first time the conference has been organized outside Delhi.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=153332
https://twitter.com/vijayrupanibjp/status/796001074230493185
http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/venkaiah-naidu-to-inaugurate-urban-mobility-india-conference-in-gujarat-today/440817/