Rajkot / Ahmedabad: Gujarat cities have received the main budget encouragement from the municipal company to embrace green initiatives.
The latest budget presented in Rajkot, Letters, Vadodara and Ahmedabad have provided clear emphasis on projects aimed at clean environments, more green spaces, trying to wean people from diesel and gasoline vehicles, creating urban forests, helping to promote electric vehicles and build Solar plants.
On Wednesday, Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) did go with Valorem Tax on the purchase of a vehicle and introduce the vehicle tax plate, which will make the vehicle buy from two wheels to trucks.
The aim is to encourage people to use public transportation which are mostly managed by electric and CNG buses.
On the same day, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) announced plans to collect points for electric vehicles in every 9 km of the city, amounted to 300 bay charging.
For agents who are interested in preparing the charging room in the public spaces, AMC is willing to provide space on Token RE 1 per sq m.
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Also, the Gulf of Charging in a private place will be released from the cost of development including property tax for three years.
In Vadodara too, the Civic body plans four e-vehicle charging stations.
The corporation also came up with a new project solar factory floating 2,000 kilowatt at the ajewa reservoir, the first of its kind in the state.
This will lead to a reduction of 5,200 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
The Civic body will prepare a sustainable ambient air quality monitoring station (CAQM) according to the central pollution control agency guide.
In the future, he plans to have four other CAQM stations.
Break Clean: Green resolution seen in the planned project Vadodara will also have urban forests built using the Miyawaki Japanese method and a green fence from 50 plots and facilities.
The Civic Body letter will not impose a tax on electric vehicles in 2022-23 even because it encourages housing and commercial project developers to provide charging points for the vehicle.
Also, a dedicated bicycle track 75 km is being developed while the current bicycle sharing project will be expanded.
“SMC is a provider in a country that has announced a special incentive to promote electric vehicles for a cleaner environment,” said Commissioner Municipal Bancha Nidhi Pani.
The city also develops a biodiversity park along the river in the city.