Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday mentioned he has been invited to attend the World Cities Summit in Singapore to present the “Delhi Model” and is wanting forwards to discussing city options with different leaders.
The summit will happen on August 2-3. High Commissioner of Singapore Simon Wong known as on Kejriwal at the Delhi Secretariat on Wednesday, in accordance to an official assertion.
Kejriwal knowledgeable Wong about Delhi’s streetscaping and street redevelopment venture and mentioned his authorities can be open to inviting corporations from Singapore to develop pilot stretches beneath the venture.
The excessive commissioner mentioned he would love to discover the collaboration on the venture. The leaders additionally held an in-depth dialogue about Delhi’s efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and the following vaccination programme.
Wong invited Kejriwal to attend the World Cities Summit (WCS) 2022.
Accepting the invitation, the chief minister mentioned he appears ahead to attending the summit and discussing city options with different leaders.
“High Commissioner of Singapore H.E. Mr. Simon Wong called on CM Shri Arvind Kejriwal at the Delhi Secretariat today. The Singapore Government has invited the CM to the coveted World Cities Summit. The CM has duly accepted the invitation,” the chief minister’s workplace mentioned in a tweet.
Kejriwal and Wong additionally mentioned avenues for collaboration and cooperation within the sectors of water, waste administration and public housing. Wong mentioned Delhi and Singapore are two distinctive city centres that share a standard set of issues.
He gave the formal invitation letter for the summit from the Prime Minister’s Office of Singapore to Kejriwal. The chief minister thanked the Singapore authorities for the invitation and mentioned he’ll ship an acceptance letter to it for a similar.
WCS is an unique platform for presidency leaders and trade consultants to deal with habitable and sustainable metropolis challenges, share built-in city options and forge new partnerships. It is collectively organised by Singapore’s Centre for Liveable Cities and the Urban Redevelopment Authority.
WCS 2022 may even characteristic the WCS Smart Cities Workshop, an unique in-person networking occasion to advance sensible metropolis initiatives by means of one-on-one session clinics with appropriate companions and funders.
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