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Power to approve major Urban Transport projects.- (1) The Authority shall have power to approve all major Urban Transport projects proposed for or in the Urban Mobility Region to be developed by the Urban Transport Agencies, Infrastructure Development Agencies and Traffic Management Agencies or any other agencies under the State Government or any local Government agency, from the perspective of consistency with the Comprehensive Mobility Plan and in a time bound manner as specified in the regulations. (2) No authority, agency, department under the State Government shall initiate any public, private or public-private partnership project concerning Urban Mobility without obtaining prior approval of the Authority. The Approval of the Authority shall be necessary to seek any financial assistance from the State Government including the regular budgetary allocations, any external aided funding as well as the Central Government sponsored funding. (3) Upon receipt of request under sub-section (1) for approval of any project, the Authority shall undertake such inquiry as required and may grant or reject such request as specified under regulations: Provided that, the Authority shall have the power to issue certain conditions while granting approval to a request. (4) In case any person or authority does anything contrary to the decision given under sub-section (3) or in the absence of the approval of the Authority, the Authority shall direct such agencies to pull down, demolish or remove any development undertaken contrary to such decision or approval and such agencies shall recover the cost of such pulling down, demolition or removal from the person or the authority concerned. CHAPTER - V Preparation of policies and Comprehensive Mobility Plan