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Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities Vision Uttar Pradesh envisions making all cities and towns inclusive, safe, resilient, disaster proof, slum-free and sustainable with access to smart-IT enabled governance systems. All citizens will have basic urban amenities as per norms - transport facilities, street lighting, adequate, safe and affordable housing, and clean, healthy and liveable environment. Towards a sustainable urban environment, the government is committed to creating green and open public spaces, upgraded slums and conserving cultural heritage. Strategies Strategies aim at urban poverty reduction and infrastructure development. This will include urban transportation, improvements in water supply, sewerage, drainage and sanitation facilities, waste management, upgradation of basic services in slums, housing, and creating conducive liveable urban environment (green spaces, recreational and public spaces like parks). Improving urban governance and institutions for effective, transparent and accountable delivery of urban services are also the core strategies. Other strategies include: UP Urban Transport Directorate will focus on improved services through GPS and GPRS enabled services and bus stations to provide safety, timeliness and adequate frequency along with gender sensitive and disabled friendly features and common mobility card. Reporting carbon footprints saved and released by industries will be ensured through their annual reports and compliance reports for appropriate regulations and support. Zero discharge and waste management along with resource recovery systems to switch to clean fuels will be insisted on for industries and big infrastructure. Implementing the recommendations of energy/water audit through public-private partnership (PPP) in all cities with one lakh+ population. Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production Vision The state envisages a society that is oriented towards sustainable consumption and production, and maximizes the potential to transform environmental challenges into economic opportunities, and provides a better deal for producers of goods and services as well as consumers. Responsible production and consumption will be promoted as a core value of sustainable living and development in the state through regulatory frameworks, consumer awareness and by encouraging cleaner and greener production systems. Strategies This goal requires that every single individual in society has equal stake and responsibility in achieving the targets by acquiring an alternative world view and lifestyle. The major challenge, therefore, in formulating strategies under this goal would be to balance four exigencies: i) need for economic growth and increase in employment, ii) increased demand for production - goods and services - and managing the waste, iii) supporting the consumption of the poor to reach minimum living standards and, iv) regulating the high levels of consumption of the privileged and their quality. The state government will develop a comprehensive environmental policy, which will cover the range of issues to be addressed from the perspective of production and consumption practices as well as conservation of resources and reduction of waste. Other strategies include: 32 Page

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