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Govt holds stakeholder consultations: Goyal
NEW DELHI, Aug 4: The Government is presently holding stakeholder consultations with states, central ministries, and technical institutions to explore the development of freight smart cities in the country, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
State Governments have been requested to identify cities for development as freight smart cities, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
He said that one of the inputs during stakeholder consultations has been to start with a list of 10 such cities, which has not yet been finalised.
“The Government is presently holding stakeholder consultations with State Governments, central ministries, technical institutions, etc. To explore the development of freight smart cities in the country,” Goyal said.