
Recently, in a meeting with Masato Kanda, President of Asian Development Bank (ADB), our Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and Power, Manohar Lal discussed a range of issues.
Their discussion addressed India’s development in Mass Transit Systems, Inclusive Housing, Urban Sanitation and Infrastructure, Urban Governance and Reforms among other topics. The minister shed light on the expanse of development boom experienced by the mobility sector, as successful models of Multi-Modal Transit Systems are being deployed and scaled up throughout the country. He emphasized the significant progress made under key flagship missions such as Swachh Bharat Mission, AMRUT, and PMAY-Urban, and underscored the opportunity for ADB to align its investments with India’s urban development agenda.