Nagpur : In what can be termed as a good news for Nagpurians, the Orange City has been selected for implementation of a Central government project aimed at reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in urban transport. Nagpur, along with Kochi and Ahmedabad, are the three cities selected for the project.
An official statement issued on Friday read that India and France had signed an agreement, under which three pilot cities – Nagpur, Kochi and Ahmedabad – will be provided support to reduce their Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in urban transport. According to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), under the ‘Mobilise Your City (MYC)’ programme, the European Union will provide 3.5 million euros to help Indian cities reduce their GHG emissions and achieve a sustainable transport policy.
The agreement was signed on Thursday evening by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) OSD Mukund Kumar Sinha and Agence Française de Developpement (AFD) Regional Director Nicolas Fornage in the presence of HUA minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Ambassador of France in India Alexander Ziegler.
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