Himachal Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in a meeting with the team, headed by Regional Director (Sustainable Development), South Asia Region, John Roome here on Monday, discussed the Green agenda of the State and the measures to be adopted to achieve the target of ‘Green Energy State’ by 2025, with the assistance of World Bank.
The World Bank indicated that it is keen on the Green Resilient Integrated Development programme for the state with Basin approach with an estimated cost size of Rs. 2500 crore (300 Million US dollars) depending upon the technical analyses, which may be enhanced further.
The visit of the team was going to be a landmark for the transformation of State towards Green Resilient Himachal, said the Chief Minister and highlighted the priorities in terms of Green Agenda for the State.
Apart from this the Chief Minister also indicated to the team that the State is all set to go ahead in line with National Green Hydrogen Energy Mission in a big way apart from the production.
Discussions about the future plan of action of the World Bank in the implementation of various programmes in the State focusing on Sustainable Forest Management, Forestry“>Community forestry, Ecosystem Services, and Disaster Management along the Basins, Water Resource Management, Nature-Based Tourism and Payment on Ecosystem Services were also held. The World Bank agreed upon providing its support in the implementation of proposed projects.