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Unified Metropolitan Transportation Authority
UMTA
Agency overview
Formed2008
Preceding agency
TypeUrban Transport Planning Agency
Jurisdiction List
HeadquartersHyderabad, Telangana
17°21′57″N 78°28′33″E / 17.36583°N 78.47583°E / 17.36583; 78.47583
Websitewww.hmda.gov.in/umta.html

The Unified Metropolitan Transportation Authority or UMTA is the urban transportation planning agency of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It was constituted in 2008 by an Act of the Andhra Pradesh legislature (G O Ms. No. 624).

In 2019, Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) department, Telangana decided to revive the Hyderabad Urban Metropolitan Transport Authority (HUMTA). HUMTA is a wing of Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA). HUMTA acts as an umbrella for various agencies that are connected to traffic and transportation issues to ensure last-mile connectivity in Hyderabad.

See also

References

  1. "UMTA to be driving force for Hyderabad's transportation master plan". The Hindu, Hyderabad. 16 June 2013.
  2. "Hyderabad: Umbrella body to be one-stop urban window". The Times of India. 2 August 2018.
  3. "Proposal to lay 19 cycle tracks in Hyderabad, non-starter".
  4. "Hyderabad Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority idea likely to be revived soon".

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