Dialogue on reshaping urban mobility concludes

Islamabad :Director-General of Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (PEPA) Farzana Altaf Shah has said that short, medium and long-term Urbanisation planning goals would go a long way forward to resolve the issues of mobility, health and environment in the capital city. She said that we need to evolve institution for urban planning and go for empirical research to come out the issue of mobility in the city.Dr Altaf was speaking on the concluding day of Dialogue on ‘Reshaping Urban Mobility in Islamabad’ organised by Institute of Urbanism at Sangra village in Haripur district.Dr Altaf She said that probably thousands of the vehicle daily enter in Islamabad on major arteries where official, workers and student came, adding that proper strategy needed to resolve the issue which created the environmental hazards in capital city.Ms Altaf said that the record unhealthy air in the federal capital was mainly due to unplanned transport and abrupt entry of vehicle in early hours. She said that the total number of registered vehicles in the city is less in ratio of the cars reaching from different cities and areas. She said everyone is trying his/her best to destroy the environment.Azam Lodhi, director traffic, Engineering and Transportation Planning, CDA, said that CDA is thinking to evolve new transportation system for providing better transports facilities to the people. He said that individual transport system would be good option to catering the need of commuters in Islamabad.Mome Saleem, Executive Director, Institute of Urbanism, said that pollution of the capital city is on the increase and proper system for people mobility is not evolved properly. She called for necessary steps and comprehensive strategy.Dr Ejaz, director WWF, stressed for adopting the concept of eco-tourism and facilitates. The people of capital city initiated their environment-friendly socio-economic activities for actively participating in the local economy. He said that Islamabad was the city of streams and lush green meadows but now was a city facing serious issue of environmental degradation.

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