Jaipur, Ahmedabad inspire Bengaluru’s ₹5-crore heat-resilience pilot project
Bengaluru is launching a ₹5-crore pilot project to combat extreme heat by implementing climate-resilient bus stops and net-zero cooling stations. The initiative draws inspiration from successful heat-mitigation strategies used in Jaipur and Ahmedabad.
As summers grow hotter in Bengaluru, the city is turning to lessons from some of India’s hottest urban centres. Drawing from heat-resilience measures adopted in cities such as Jaipur and Ahmedabad, the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) will build climate-resilient bus stops, net-zero cooling stations and ‘cool roofs’ atop schools, health centres and other public buildings under a ₹5-crore pilot funded by the Union government.
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