Hyderabad Wins The 'World Green City Award', Beating Paris And Montreal

A prestigious award was awarded to Hyderabad at the International Association of Horticulture Producers (AIPH) World Green City Awards 2022 in Jeju Islands, South Korea. Hyderabad beat 18 cities, including Paris, Bogota, Mexico City, Montreal, and Fortaleza in Brazil.

As per the official release, Hyderabad is the only Indian city selected. It is a matter of pride for Telangana and India that it has won the category award and the overall 'World Green City 2022' award, the best across all 6 categories.

KTR congratulated and thanked the entire Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority team and Special Chief Secretary, MA&UD Arvind Kumar, for making the city a green living town.

Additionally, the city of pearls has also won an award for 'Living Green for Economic Recovery and Inclusive Growth.' The award was given to the Telangana government's large-scale tree-planting program, known as "Telangana Ku Haritha Haram," from 2015 to 2016. The program envisages increasing the tree coverage of the State from 24% to 33% of the total geographical area of the State.

The CM KCR urged the officials and public representatives to continue working towards making Telangana a green state.