(1) The Authority shall prepare or cause to prepare a Comprehensive Mobility Plan in accordance with the National Urban Transportation Policy guidelines to ensure integrated, comprehensive and planned development of urban transport in the Urban Mobility Area and such plan shall include,—
(i) infrastructure facilities and other works;
(ii) various modes of public transport systems and Mass Rapid Transit Systems and their integration;
(iii) procedures and process to resolve any issues in relation to any existing transport system or transport services being operated and in relation to any new systems or services;
(iv) such other matters as may be necessary for the development and implementation of such plans in order to achieve the object and purpose of this Act:
Provided that where there are any other institution or committee constituted under any law for the time being in force which formulates, develops or implements any plan or scheme in relation to urban transport within such Area, then in such circumstances, the Authority may discharge its functions under this section in consultation with such institution or committee, as the case may be.
(2) The draft plan shall be published in the official website of the Authority inviting objections and suggestions before such date as may be specified, in the manner prescribed by rules and the fact of such publication shall be published in the Official Gazette by the Authority. The Authority shall after giving adequate opportunity of being heard to the persons concerned and after considering the suggestions, objections and representations, if any, if not, after recording the reasons for the same modify the draft plan, if necessary.
(3) The plan so prepared shall be submitted to the State Government for approval and the State Government may either approve such plan without modifications or with such modifications as it may consider necessary or reject the plan with directions to the Authority to prepare a new plan based on recommendations issued by the State Government in relation thereof. The State Government shall, as far as possible, within three months take decision in these matters.
(4) All plans approved by the State Government shall be published in the official website of the Authority and the Authority shall publish the fact of such publication in the Official Gazette.