DW BUREAU / Chandigarh

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will on July 3 inaugurate a two-day national conference on the topic 'role of urban local bodies in constitutional democracy and nation building' at the International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) in Manesar, Gurugram, an official statement issued here on Friday said.

The heads of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of the states and Union Territories will participate in the conference, the statement said.

Haryana Assembly Speaker Harvinder Kalyan and Lok Sabha Secretary General Utpal Kumar Singh will also be present in the conference.

Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and state's Urban Local Bodies Minister Vipul Goel will also attend the inaugural session.

The mayors, commissioners and other representatives of municipal corporations from across the country will participate in the conference.

The objective of the conference is to make urban administration more effective, inclusive and innovation-oriented so that the goal of 'Viksit Bharat 2047' can be realized, it said.

The presentations will be given on the first day of the programme on the best practices adopted by the major cities, including Bhubaneswar, Coimbatore, Indore, Lucknow, Pune, Surat and

Visakhapatnam.

(editor@dailyworld.in)