World Bank to Provide $600 mn to UP and Haryana to Improve Air Quality

The $299.66 million Uttar Pradesh (UP) Clean Air Management Program (UPCAMP) will build on the Government of UP's Clean Air Plan by investing in key sectors such as transport, agriculture and industry to improve air quality for its people. 

The



programme will help 3.9 million households gain access to clean cooking. It will also encourage people to use clean transport by introducing 15,000 electric three-wheelers, and 500 electric-buses in the cities of Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, and Gorakhpur. 

The project will support the UP government's plans to provide incentives to replace 13,500 polluting heavy-duty vehicles with lower emitting vehicles.