NEW DELHI : Urban affairs ministry on Friday suggested a three-pronged strategy to states, Union territories and metro rail companies in the view of coronavirus outbreak for providing urban transport services.
The advisory includes short term plans within 6 months, medium plans within 1 year and long term for 1-3 years.While the advisory talks about recommencing public transport, it also said that it is imperative at this stage to curb the transmission of coronavirus by adopting the right sanitization, containment and social distancing measures.In order to avoid resurgence of car and other private vehicle usage, the ministry has recommended using non-motorised transport in urban areas.