Green city awards 2022

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Why in news?

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Hyderabad wins ‘World Green City award’ at South Korea

Hyderabad is the only Indian city that was selected and it is a matter of pride for Telangana and India that has won not only the category award but the overall ‘World Green City 2022’ award, the best across all 6 categories, according to an official release.

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CATEGORY

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Telangana’s Hyderabad city won the overall ‘World Green City Award 2022’ and ‘Living Green for Economic Recovery and Inclusive Growth’ award at the International Association of Horticulture Producers (AIPH) World Green City Awards 2022 held in Jeju, South Korea, Friday.

Hyderabad beat cities like Paris, Mexico City, Montreal, Fortaleza and Bogota to be adjudged the grand winner. It not only won the category award but the overall ‘World Green City 2022’ award i.e. the best across all six categories.

Hyderabad also became the only Indian city to win laurels on the International platform. The AIPH had invited entries for ‘World Green Cities Awards 2022’ across six categories and Hyderabad won in the ‘Living Green for Economic Recovery and Inclusive Growth’.

Minister for Municipal Administration K.T. Rama Rao congratulated the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) team and Special Chief Secretary, MA&UD, Arvind Kumar, for the achievement.

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6 categories

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For the 2022 edition of the World Green City Awards, the six award categories are:
1. Living Green for Health and Wellbeing

2. Living Green for Biodiversity
3. Living Green for Climate Change
4. Living Green for Water
5. Living Green for Economic Recovery and Inclusive Growth
6. Living Green for Social Cohesion