Germany/New Delhi: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit  GmbH India on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety today signed an agreement on Technical Cooperation titled ‘Cities Combating Plastic Entering the Marine Environment’ at a virtual ceremony in New Delhi. 

The event was attended by Shri Kamran Rizwi, Additional Secretary, Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, Dr. Regina Dube, Director General, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Dr. Antje Berger, First Secretary, Climate & Environment, Embassy of the Republic of Germany, and Dr. Julie Reviere, Country Director GIZ India.

This project is envisaged under the contours of the Joint Declaration of Intent regarding cooperation in the field of ‘Prevention of Marine Litter’ signed between the Republic of India and the Federal Republic of Germany in 2019.

The project, aimed at developing practices to prevent plastic entering the marine environment, will be undertaken at the national level, select states (Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Andaman & Nicobar Islands) and in the cities of Kanpur, Kochi and Port Blair for a period of three and a half years.

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