The government is set to start work on formulating a national urban transport policy soon. Representatives of all the states deliberated upon the issue during the chief ministers' conference called by urban development minister Ghulam Nabi Azad here on Wednesday. The minister said that work would soon start on finalising the policy, after all the state chief ministers unanimously agreed on the need for such a policy. It is projected that the urban population would grow to about 473 million by 2021 and 820 million by 2051. Keeping this in mind and to meet the mobility needs of the current population, the government has decided to formulate the policy.