India, June 6 -- Jumping on the World Environment Day bandwagon, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday put their money where their mouth is, announcing a Rs.17,000-crore "climate budget" for the city.

The civic body claimed that 37% of its capital expenditure budget will go towards "climate-allied" activities. These include a wide range of things, from the biomining of the Deonar dumping ground to electric buses for BEST and solar panels, along with the construction of toilets, water infrastructure, markets, homes for project-affected people (PAP), and new fire brigade stations, among others.

The BMC has increased its climate budget from last year's Rs.10,224.24 crore by including the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply a...