Shillong, Oct 29: Shillong received an award for “City with the Best Record of Public Involvement in its Transport Planning” for the project “Shared Commuter Service” in East Khasi Hills (Shillong)”.
It is an initiative implemented by the “Sustainable Transport and Efficient Mobility Society (STEMS)”, on the occasion of the 16th Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo 2023, held from 27th to 29th October 2023 in New Delhi.
Manoj Joshi, Secretary – Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India presented this honour to STEMS on Sunday, October 29, 2023.
Isawanda Laloo, IAS, Secretary to the Govt of Meghalaya and CEO of STEMS, along with the STEMS team members accepted the award.
Other cities which received awards under different categories the event included Delhi, Lucknow, Srinagar, Bhubaneswar, Kochi, and Jabalpur.
STEMS received its first national recognition when Shillong received the award for “City with the Best Record of Public Involvement in its Transport Planning” for the project “Shared Commuter Service in East Khasi Hills (Shillong) at the 16th Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo 2023, held from 27th to 29th October 2023 in New Delhi.
The award was conferred to STEMS for its exemplary involvement of various stakeholders, most notably, community members, school authorities and parents apart from exhaustive consultations with government departments like the District Administration, East Khasi Hills, Shillong Traffic Police, PWD, MTC, and others while planning and designing the intervention.
