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NMMT wins two National Awards

Another achievement by city of Navi Mumbai

Above Picture: The awards being accepted by Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation’s Additional Commissioner Dr Sanjay Pattiwar and Transport Management’s Shirish Aradwad from the hands of Central Heavy Industries Division’s Secretary Ambuj Sharma and ASTRU’s working director Anand Rao

NAVI MUMBAI: During the golden jubilee celebration of Association of State Road Transport Undertaking (ASRTU) at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport was conferred upon two ASTRU Productivity Awards 2013-14 for excelling in two fields – one for use of every bus per km and use of bus tyre for every lakh km. The awards were accepted by Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation’s Additional Commissioner Dr Sanjay Pattiwar and Transport Management’s Shirish Aradwad from the hands of Central Heavy Industries Division’s Secretary Ambuj Sharma and ASTRU’s working director Anand Rao.

The silver jubilee of ASTRU was celebrated by organizing two days international seminar on 13 and 14 August 2015. Central Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and Central Heavy Industry Minister Anant Gite were present for this International Seminar which was also attended by Navi Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare, Additional Commissioner Dr Sanjay Pattiwar and Transport Management’s Shirish Aradwad and so also transport ministers and secretaries of various states. International level experts were also present for this seminar.

Earlier, NMMC had stood third in the ‘Cleanest city in the country’ and first in ‘Cleanest city in the state’ contests. Navi Mumbai was also declared as one of the 10 smart cities in the State. NMMT winning the two ASTRU Awards has added one more feather to the city’s cap.

NMMT authorities and employees were congratulated by Navi Mumbai’s Mayor Sudhakar Sonawane, deputy mayor Avinash Lad, standing committee chairman Netra Shirke, leader of the house Jaiwant Sutar, opposition party leader Vijay Chougule, transport chairman Sabu Daniel, all the office bearers, corporators and municipal commissioner Dinesh Waghmare for winning the two National Awards.