Green Policy to Drive Eco-Friendly Growth

The policy promotes development of vertical, rooftop gardens and Miyawaki forests

- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Friday approved the urban green policy aimed at driving sustainable, eco-friendly growth in urban local bodies. Under this, a green city monitoring system will be developed to evaluate and award green star ratings to cities based on their environmental efforts and green infrastructure.

The policy will give new shape to cities with development of vertical and rooftop gardens besides Miyawaki forests.

The state cabinet by circulation approved the proposal, which was a revolutionary step for environment conservation in accordance with the vision of chief minister Yogi Adityanath.

The urban green policy was an important step in the direction of environment conservation and help reduce the impact of climate change, said an official spokesman.