Growing urban conglomerates are logging into the sustainable development model with assistance from the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation. The city of Guntur along with Vijayawada, Bhopal, Mysore and Jaipur is part of the Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot (SCIAP) project implemented by the UNIDO in close cooperation with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) aligned with Swachh Bharat Mission, Government of India with funding assistance from the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
A workshop on the SCIAP project flagged issues relating to capacity building on climate smart investments to reduce cycle maintenance costs of GMC projects/ works such as laying BT/ CC Roads, UGD etc.
