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section 16B

Composition of Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority.

The Jammu and Kashmir Metropolitan Region Development Authorities Act, 2018
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  1. (1) The Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority shall consist of the following, namely:––
    • (a) The Chief Secretary to the Government of Jammu and Kashmir ;
    • (b) Administrative Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development, Transport, Finance and Planning and PW (Roads and Buildings), and PHE (I&FC) Departments ;
    • (c) Divisional Commissioner of the region ;
    • (d) Transport Commissioner, Jammu and Kashmir ;
    • (e) Inspector General of Police, Traffic, Jammu and Kashmir;
    • (f) Municipal Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation in the Metropolitan Region ;
    • (g) Vice-Chairman of the Srinagar Development Authority or of Jammu Development Authority, as the case may be ;
    • (h) Chief Executive Officer of Srinagar Smart City Ltd. or of Jammu Smart City Ltd., as the case may be ;
      • (i) Chief Executive Officer of Srinagar, Metropolitan Region Development Authority (SMRDA) or Chief Executive Officer of Jammu, Metropolitan Region Development Authority(JMRDA), as the case may be ;
    • (j) Chief Executive Officer, Economic Reconstruction Agency ;
    • (k) Managing Director, Mass Rapid Transit Corporation of the region ;
    • (l) Chief Town Planner, Town Planning Organization of the region ;
    • (m) A nominee of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India ;
    • (n) A nominee each of the National Highways Authority of India, Northern Railways, Airports Authority of India and Inland Waterways Authority of India; and
    • (o) Two members who are experts in the field of urban transport, to be nominated by the Government.
  2. (2) The Chief Secretary shall be the Chairperson of the Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority, and the Chief Executive Officer of the respective Metropolitan Region Development Authority shall be the Member Secretary of the Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority.
  3. (3) The decisions of the Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority shall be by voting, and each member, except those nominated under clause (l), clause (m) and clause (n) of sub-section (1) and shall have no voting rights, shall have one vote each, and the Chief Secretary shall have a casting vote.
  4. (4) The provisions of the section 8 regarding authentication of proceedings shall mutatis mutandis apply to the proceedings of the Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority.

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