DULT
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Background and Creation of the Directorate
As per the recommendations of The National Working Group on Urban Transport for the 11th Plan and the guidelines of the National Urban Transport Policy, the Government of Karnataka in its Government Order No. UDD 134 BMR 2006 (I) Bangalore. Dated 8.3.2007 has created the State Directorate of Urban Land Transport [DULT] under the Urban Development Department. The key objective of the DULT is to ensure integration and coordination of land-use planning and development of transport related infrastructure in urban areas.
The functions of DULT has been defined in the Government Order. DULT initially covers jurisdiction of seven Municipal Corporations in the State, viz., Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore, Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum, Gulbarga and Bellary. Accordingly, one of the key functions is to take up Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation Studies [CTTS] for six cities, excluding Bangalore. Thus the need for integrating land-use planning and transportation is seen as a major thrust and challenge for the DULT.
Further, the immediate tasks before DULT, as identified by Working Group on Urban Transport are the following six focus areas:
- Issues on future perspectives and planning
- Issues relating to technology
- Issues relating to financing
- Engineering issues
- Legal/administrative/regulatory issues
- Capacity building and awareness issues.
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