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Delhi government has formed a 21-member task force to set up a unified metropolitan transport authority and a dedicated fund to address the mobility needs of the city’s growing population, officials said on Saturday.

The task force, headed by the chief secretary, will finalise the structure of the Delhi Urban Metropolitan Transport Authority (DUMTA), institutional arrangements, geographical coverage and composition of a DUMTA Board, they said.

“The increased population, pollution, pressure on roads and elevated demand of streamlined and organised public transport in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) has necessitated setting up of a Delhi Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority,” said a notification.

The proposed DUMTA will prepare a comprehensive strate

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