Vemula Prashanth Reddy, Hon’ble Minister for Roads & Buildings, Legislative Affairs and Housing, Government of Telangana, underlined that the Government of Telangana is making a determined effort in transforming Telangana into a holistically sustainable State. The Minister invited Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) to partner with the Government in its green and sustainable initiatives.
The Government of Telangana has taken up construction of 2.8 lakh housing in the State, under the Double Bedroom Housing Scheme. We will consider adopting Green measures, the Minister said.
Mr Somesh Kumar, IAS, Special Chief Secretary, Revenue, Registration, Stamps & Excise, and Chairperson, TSRERA, Government of Telangana, underlined that green buildings are the need of the hour. He said that based on his personal experience, green buildings being costlier is a myth. He called for creating more awareness on green building concepts.
He also said that the Haritha Haram initiative, launched under the visionary leadership of the Hon’ble Chief Minister, has now been made institutionalized, and the Government has mandated Municipalities and Gram Panchayats to allocate 10% of their Budget for promoting Haritha Haram campaign.
Mr V Suresh, Chairman, IGBC said that IGBC is looking forward to work more closely with the Government of Telangana in further accelerating the green building movement in the State.
The day was marked by the launch of IGBC’s green homes rating version 3.0. This rating is designed to facilitate the projects to incorporate green design concepts right at the design stage.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between CII- IGBC and Department of Technical Education, Government of Telangana. This MoU aims to spread awareness on the need and importance of green buildings and green built environment among students and the teaching community in the State.
