Volvo Buses invites entries for Sustainable Mobility Award

The award carries prize money of Rs 10 lakh, which includes first prize of Rs 7 lakh and Rs 3 lakh for runner up

Volvo Buses India has invited entries for the third edition of the Volvo Sustainable Mobility Award. Instituted in 2011, the Volvo Sustainable Mobility Award aims to reward progressive and practical action in the area of promoting sustainable solutions in urban mobility. 

 

The Award carries prize money of Rs 10 lakh, which includes a first prize of Rs 7 lakh and Rs 3 lakh for the runner-up. Registrations for the award have started and the deadline for this is August 31, 2013, the company said in a statement.

 

The Volvo Sustainable Mobility Award has been instituted to recognise outstanding efforts in the broad area of sustainability. It also seeks to award practical action and engagement with society in this regard. The previous editions attracted a wide range of subjects ranging from efforts to streamline bus services on key traffic corridors to urban planning that addressed issues like city road planning to promoting commuter rail as an alternative for people to commute.

 

EMBARQ India and Indian Urban Space Foundation bagged the 2012 awards, with runners up as Praja. 

Registrations have started and interested groups/individuals can visit www.volvobuses.co.in for more details and to register themselves.