Current Affairs - Places - Discussion

The first regional conference on 'Mass Rapid Transport System (MRTS) for Urban Areas - Opportunities and Challenges' was held in Kolkata. This conference was organized by Ministry of Finance, AIIB, ASSOCHAM and Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS). Eight such regional conferences will be held prior to the third annual meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to be held in Mumbai from 22 June to 27 June 2018. Issues related to infrastructures development, sustainable infrastructure, mass rapid transportation system, port and coastal infrastructure, urban development etc. were discussed in the conference.