Maharashtra Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray on Friday, January 28, launched the Climate Action Plan (CAP) in Nashik, making it the 5th city in the state to implement it.
As a part of this, World Resource Institute (WRI) will draft the CAP over the next two years for the city.
The plan will focus on sustainable transport, green energy and buildings, air quality, improving green cover, water, and waste management, he added.
It will focus on sustainable transport, green energy & buildings, air quality, improving green cover, waste management, and adequate water management.
— Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) January 28, 2022
A Climate Action Cell was also institutionalised in the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC).
Explaining further Thackeray said that in the last five years, the district has spent over ₹1,000 crores as compensation for climate impacts.
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“With this, Nashik is among the five cities in the state that will create a CAP to ensure sustainable development. Aiming at Net-Zero by 2050, we have worked on a robust plan for climate change adaptation, mitigation, and resilience,” said Thackeray.
Over the next two years, Nashik city will work with WRI India, all departments from the city, relevant state department and implement a detailed climate action plan with citizen involvement.
Moreover, on the same day, Aaditya Thackeray inaugurated a bridge in a remote tribal village in Nashik. At the village, Shendripada, people would earlier make use of makeshift bamboo bridges that was a risk to their lives.
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