Victoria Falls aims to become Zimbabwe’s first ‘green city’ Posted by David Henning on 5 January 2022 The city of Victoria Falls has embarked on an ambitious project to become ZImbabwe’s first ‘green city.’ This forms part of the city’s alignment to the National Development Strategy (NDS1), ensuring that they meet the objective of ensuring sustainable environmental protection and resilience. Picture: Meraj Chhaya/ Flickr Commons According to a report by The Herald, more pedestrians and electric cars will be part of the new normal envisaged in the zero-emission zone, where the city hopes to have more bicycles than cars in its centre. This idea was tabled after a recent workshop facilitated by the Public Service Commission to train council workers, councillors and key stakeholders on the basic tenets of a functional city. The city has already embarked on installing solar-powered streetlights. Victoria Falls has been meeting all their targets, where the five-year strategic plan to attain city status by 2022 was achieved in 2020, and now the focus has shifted to providing clean water and maintaining green city status. The concept of the green city envisions creating denser, greener and more livable cities. Victoria Falls will be minimising the number of trees cut down, promoting the use of recyclable materials, maintaining buffer zones and encouraging routes for walking and cycling. The community services director in the city told The Herald ensuring the environment remains pristine will bring wildlife closer to tourists, and add to the experience of the city. ‘In our planning, we are saying buffer zones should be maintained as animal corridors so that we become a clean or green city,’ Nyamande said. Picture: Getaway Gallery ALSO READ Qantas returns to South Africa after nearly two years Related Posts Cape Town’s sustainability: Leading the way in environmental initiatives 1 June 2023 As National Environmental Month commences in South Africa, Cape Town stands proudly at the forefront... read more Kapama to host Safari Guide of the Year Awards 2023 1 June 2023 Kapama Private Game Reserve near Hoedspruit will host this year’s Safari Guide of the Year... read more Blood Lions relaunches for public viewing on YouTube 1 June 2023 Award-winning documentary feature film Blood Lions has been relaunched on YouTube for public viewing, creating... read more PREV ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE
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