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Green Government, Local Government

Japan to help India build green cities

By Dr Vikash Ranjan | 31 May 2010

India has hatched plans to build state-of-the-art, eco-friendly habitats with world-class facilities with the help of Japanese technology firms. The likes of Hitachi, Mitsubishi, JGC Corp and Toshiba will design and build the eco-friendly towns along the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), passing through six Indian states.

Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra will develop smart grids for optimised energy supplies, a 24-hour drinking water supply, bicycle and walking tracks, and waste and water recycling systems. These states will also develop efficient rapid public transportation systems with minimum levels of pollution. To make the region self-sufficient in energy, six power projects of 6000 megawatt capacity will be built.

Pilot projects to build these cities have already begun in Haryana (Manesar-Bawal region), Maharashtra (Shendra industrial region) and Gujarat (Changodar and Dahej), and are expected to be completed over the next eighteen months. The first of these cities will be developed in the Dholera investment region in Gujarat, 110 km from Ahmedabad.

Japan has been a world leader in developing sustainable habitats. Japan’s Kitakyushu Eco-Town has received global acclaim for its environment friendly practices. The city has successfully integrated the environment conservation policy with the industry promotion policy.

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