Jaipur, Ahmedabad inspire Bengaluru’s ₹5-crore heat-resilience pilot project
Bengaluru is launching a ₹5-crore pilot project to combat extreme heat by implementing climate-resilient bus stops and net-zero cooling stations. The initiative draws inspiration from successful heat-mitigation strategies used in Jaipur and Ahmedabad.
Why it matters
As urban heat islands become more dangerous, this project serves as a scalable model for Indian cities to adapt infrastructure to climate change.
As summers grow hotter in Bengaluru, the city is turning to lessons from some of India’s hottest urban centres. Drawing from heat-resilience measures adopted in cities such as Jaipur and Ahmedabad, the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) will build climate-resilient bus stops, net-zero cooling stations and ‘cool roofs’ atop schools, health centres and other public buildings under a ₹5-crore pilot funded by the Union government.
The project, under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), will focus on areas identified as ‘high-heat hotspots.’
Officials confirmed to The Hindu that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the project will be signed later this week. Bengaluru North City Corporation Commissioner Pommala Sunil Kumar has been appointed the nodal officer for the pilot project.
One component of the project involves developing five climate-resilient bus stops at locations identified through a heat hotspot study.
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