CapaCITIES Sunya and Community Bin Removal from Roads
After the successful launch of CapaCITIES Sunya Project, the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) officials, stakeholders and ICLEI team conducted awareness campaigns on source segregation in ward 22 & 24. The ultimate aim to reduce the quantum of waste is going to compost yard. In order to achieve 100% source segregation and collection, the team decided to take up initially four streets in ward 22 and three streets in ward 24 namely Alagesan road, 6th, 7th and 8th cross roads of Bharathi Park and Father Randy, West Sambantham and Light House roads respectively.
SUNYA Project Launched in Coimbatore
The official launch of the SUNYA project was held at 9.30 AM on 29th December 2017 at Bharathi Park Road 2nd Cross, ward 22 of West Zone, Coimbatore Corporation, by the Commissioner Dr. K. Vijayakarthikeyan IAS.
Initiation of Ward Level Meetings for the SUNYA Initiative
As part of the Capacities project in Siliguri, SUNYA initiative is being undertaken in wards 2 and 17 in the city. Detailed ward level meetings were carried out in both these wards (ward 17 on 21. 12. 2017 and ward 2 on 22.12.2017). These meetings were attended by the solid waste management committees in both the wards, along with the local councillor, borough chairperson and borough officer.
Capacity Building workshop on ‘Financing Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure in India’ held in New Delhi
The Global Infrastructure Basel, Switzerland, with support from the ICLEI South Asia, has convened a capacity building workshop ‘Financing Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure in India’ on the 20th of December, 2017 at Development Alternatives, New Delhi.
Initiation of Awareness Generation Activities For the SUNYA Project Implementation
With support from Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Siliguri Municipal Corporation is implementing a project on Capacity Building for Low Carbon and Climate Resilient City Development in India (CapaCITIES). ICLEI- Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia is the main implementation agency of the project. As part of this project, ICLEI South Asia in coordination with Siliguri Municipal Corporation has initiated a pilot project on Zero Waste (SUNYA) in ward 2 and 17.
Udaipur Roundtable Brainstorms on Way Forward for Climate-Resilient Action Plans
The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) organised a half-day event in Udaipur on 13th of December 2020 to showcase the activities done under the CapaCITIES project in the city and in the other three project cities of Siliguri, Coimbatore and Rajkot. The areas in which work should be done in the next phase of the project were also discussed.