Reviving agriculture
A green and sustainable development, the first factor,
he said, should be achieved by preserving forest cover. Reviving Agriculture
goes hand in hand with this. System -oriented approach using SRI
(System of Rice Intensification) technique adapted by the state.
Green urbanization
Dr. Kalam pointed out the need of green urbanization by
maintaining the stringent environmental norms promoting environment-
friendly technologies, waste management and use of clean fuels to make
Kerala transformed into clean state, pro- green state.
Visualizing New Age cities
Cities should be re- organized themselves in the form
of City Centers with the population of one to two million people, surrounded
by satellite micro cities with less than a million people each. Each of the
micro cities has been developed independently and equally furnishing them
with good schools, quality entertainments, quality hospitals and organized
housing for all classes of the society. Each micro city must be well
networked within itself with link roads. High- speed mass transit system
like metro rail and high speed bus services should be available at
affordable price. Each micro city should also be linked to city centers with
multi mode high speed transportation facilities. City centers can contain
large number of government offices for the people coming from multiple
cities.
Leap ahead technology in
building
The intelligent buildings with eco- friendly and
integrative designs and use of hollow materials will help to save energy.
With the help of nano technology; smart building materials can be used and
green energy and green corridor jobs can be utilized and energy can be saved
in half than conventional building.
Globally Competitive
Dr.Kalam has underscored the need for preparing the
human resource for the global competency. To attain this, he said
development of speed Human Resource for competing in the global jobs should
be maintained. Collaborating with other economy is also required for
tackling the setback of the development of the state.
Transparency in Governance
Regarding the transparency in governance, he said the
use of IT and e- governance, information demand for all; appropriate
grievance- handling mechanism shifted by procedures should be enabled to
maintain transparency in government.
Quality of Life
The last factor he said is the quality of life;
creating educational institutions of excellence, affordable health care and
comprehensive transportation network.
If the state government has focused public policy to
realizing the five factors, then Kerala can attain the sustainability in its
entire developmental agenda, clarified the ex-president of India.
Pilot state in Carbon neutralization by 2030
“Kozhikode, as a progressive district of development
agenda, could attain the goal of the first carbon neutral district in India
by 2020. You have the ambience. Entire Kerala can be carbon neutral by 2030.
It should be a good example for the whole nation.”
He has said that each and every liter of petrol and
diesel burnt in the automotive generates 2.7 kilograms of carbon dioxide.
The transportation sector contributes to thirteen percentage of carbon
emission in the world.
Multi-propped actions for cutting the emission,
efficient clean energy policy, plantation of many more trees; etc are
required.
“When you import petroleum, you import unwanted carbon
emissions too.”-Dr. Kalam pointed out.
A typical car would emit about ten tones of carbon
dioxide.
He underscored the need of encouraging bicycling which
is a healthy way of living and eco-friendly. Hourly rental system of
bicycling should begin.
Today world is letting into atmosphere about 36 billion
tons of carbon dioxide. Utilization of solar and bio-fuel energies and eco-
friendly construction should be encouraged to achieve sustainable
development.
