India's Ministry of Urban Affairs issues Advisory on Congestion Charging

Feb 18, 2013

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India’s Ministry of Urban Affairs has issued an advisory requesting authorities on urban transport to issue necessary instructions for identifying the most congested areas in their cities, getting a proper study done on various aspcts of congestion chargingas per city requirements and consider adopting “congestion charging system” as a measure to decongest a particular area/CBD, increasing a mode share of cycling as well public transport and increase the mobility of people besides controlling pollution.

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