Bengaluru Smart City Limited to go Green way, signs MoU with CII’s- Indian Green Building Council
Bengaluru: As a part of MUNICIPALIKA 2020, Bengaluru Smart City Limited and CII’s- Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) on Friday, February 14, signed an MoU for giving a boost to the Green Building Movement & Sustainable Development in the city of Bengaluru and to facilitate Greening of the City as per IGBC’s Green Cities (Existing) Rating System.
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed in a special session during the Municipalika 2020, which had many leaders from Government, Smart City Councils, Municipal Corporations, Architects, Industry, media and academia present.
Hephsiba Rani Korlapati, IAS, Managing Director, Bengaluru Smart City Limited; V Suresh, Chairman, IGBC and Syed Mohamed Beary, Chairman, IGBC Bengaluru Chapter exchanged the MoU in the august presence of Kunal Kumar, IAS, Joint Secretary & Mission Director (Smart Cities Mission), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India.
IGBC with the support of all the stakeholders has launched an exclusive Green Cities Rating System for Existing Cities that will not only optimizes resources but will also facilitate in enhancing the quality, health & wellbeing of the occupants. IGBC Green Cities Rating System will also facilitate in better land use; increase in ground water table; increase in the city landscape cover; better parking management strategies; enhanced waste management practices, etc., As part of the MoU, Bengaluru Smart City Limited and IGBC will work together in the areas of feasibility studies, skill development, awareness & outreach programmes.
Expressing delight over the MoU, V Suresh, Chairman, IGBC said that this MoU will go a long way in setting new global benchmarks in resource conservation, energy and environmental management and in the process facilitate India consolidate its leadership position in the global green buildings map. IGBC will work closely team with team Bengaluru Smart City Limited in facilitating build a Smarter, Greener and a Healthier city, he underlined.
Syed Mohamed Beary, Chairman, IGBC Bengaluru Chapter highlighted that, IGBC aspires that the place we live, work, study, play and all other forms of built environment should go the green way. A major leap towards direction is the signing of MoU with Bengaluru Smart City Limited, he added.
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Pollution: Schools in Rajasthan's Khairthal-Tijara go online for classes 1 to 5
Jaipur (PTI): The administration of Khairthal-Tijara district in Rajasthan has announced that all schools will hold online classes for students of classes 1 to 5 for four days starting Wednesday in view of alarmingly high pollution levels in Delhi-NCR.
The order was issued by District Collector Kishore Kumar on Tuesday following the Supreme Court's directions to all states in the Delhi-NCR area to decide on conducting physical classes for students up to class 12 amid the dire situation.
Khairthal-Tijara, which was carved out of Alwar in August 2023, falls under the National Capital Region (NCR).
In his order, Kumar said all government and private schools in the district will suspend physical classes for students of classes 1 to 5 from November 20 to 23, or until further notice (whichever is earlier).
Teachers will hold online classes for students during this period, the order stated.
The order is only applicable to students, teachers are required to come to school to conduct online classes.
