the budget presented at the corporation council for 202324 has placed thrust on making thiruvananthapuram carbon neutral by 2035 it is conceived as a convergence of centre sponsored schemes and state governments initiativesmaking use of funds from the smart city project the city corporation will procure 100 ecarts for the collection of garbage in the city the purchase of ecarts is part of the ongoing efforts by the civic body to gradually reduce emissions in the city and to incorporate ecofriendly ways in waste managementearlier in 2022 the civic body had rolled out 25 ecarts for waste management in the city the corporation had purchased the electric carts at a cost of inr 50 lakh as part of a detailed project report prepared under swachh bharat mission urban advt the ecarts will be primarily used for the transportation of nonbiodegradable waste and dry leaves in 25 health circles with the introduction of ecarts the corporation aims at phasing out diesel powered pickup autos which were used for transportation of wastethe health officials said that diesel autos resulted in carbon emission and also drained the corporations financial resources besides there is frequent need for maintenance expenses as well the civic body had earlier received five ecarts of a different design as part of a corporate social responsibility initiativethe ecarts will be procured from the government e marketplace gem portal by smart city thiruvananthapuram limited the corporation has also tied up with ksrtc to procure 100 ebuses under the smart city project with an objective to ensure emission free transportation in the citythe budget presented at the corporation council for 202324 has placed thrust on making thiruvananthapuram carbon neutral by 2035 it is conceived as a convergence of centre sponsored schemes and state governments initiativesunder the smart city project the civic body has already installed solar power plants in five buildings including the legislative assembly building complex the civic body plans to generate 102mw power with the installation of solar power plants in over 200 buildings in the citythe power plant at the legislative assembly has a capacity of 395kw the smart city thiruvananthapuram limited also aims to tap maximum potential from solar energy and to achieve 10 of total electrical demand inside the abd area based development area the projects ensure a guaranteed annual generation of solar energy with a minimum guaranteed 1350 units per kwp per annum during the first five years of operation with ksebl grid synchronization advt sctl has already implemented the projects at state central library palayam 39kw kerala university library palayam 85kw government college for women vazhuthacaud 82 kw and government central high school attakulangara 4kwall the solar projects are grid connected type with islanding and disconnection protection thereby saving the cost on battery procurement and its maintenanceread alsoborgwarner marks a transition to emobility with new logoindias yulu eyes expansion as it closes in on profitabilityplug play solution for vehicle computers from continentalandhra pradesh cm flags off 516 eautos by aswin j kumar tnn