Coimbatore: Sense of ownership is essential for the city's building, said German ambassador to India Martin Ney all over a dialogue on Smart City right here on Monday. He said the development of lakes was once the key to the city's transformation as a Smart City.
"There are eight lakes in the city. We feel that developing them will give a lot of positivity to the people of the city," Ney said, including, "I live in Berlin and there is a lake close to my house. When I go for jogging, I take the lake route. And during summers, I swim in the lake. It's only because the lake is clean."
Germany, he said, would help the city corporation draw plans to wash the water and the drainage that enters the lake. "If the lake and its surroundings are clean, city residents will surely flock to it. At the same time, there should be a sense of ownership among the people," the German ambassador said.
City corporation commissioner K Vijayakarthikeyan said efforts were on to make people part of the city's general enlargement. "In an attempt to inculcate the sense of ownership among the people, we are inviting ideas from the public for our projects. When we incorporate their ideas into development plans, they will feel a sense of ownership towards it," he said.
Anandi Iyer, head of Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB, India, said, they were looking at conducting a workshop on mobility in January 2018. "We will then look at the possibilities of helping the city corporation in its initiatives to improve mobility in the city."
During the dialogue, one of the industrial representatives from the city said the civic frame and Fraunhofer Foundation will have to take a look at identifying citizen centric metrics for enforcing building tasks. "Take for example the time taken by a factory labourer to reach his work place from home. This will help in designing the public transport system," the industrialist said.
"There are eight lakes in the city. We feel that developing them will give a lot of positivity to the people of the city," Ney said, including, "I live in Berlin and there is a lake close to my house. When I go for jogging, I take the lake route. And during summers, I swim in the lake. It's only because the lake is clean."
Germany, he said, would help the city corporation draw plans to wash the water and the drainage that enters the lake. "If the lake and its surroundings are clean, city residents will surely flock to it. At the same time, there should be a sense of ownership among the people," the German ambassador said.
City corporation commissioner K Vijayakarthikeyan said efforts were on to make people part of the city's general enlargement. "In an attempt to inculcate the sense of ownership among the people, we are inviting ideas from the public for our projects. When we incorporate their ideas into development plans, they will feel a sense of ownership towards it," he said.
Anandi Iyer, head of Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB, India, said, they were looking at conducting a workshop on mobility in January 2018. "We will then look at the possibilities of helping the city corporation in its initiatives to improve mobility in the city."
During the dialogue, one of the industrial representatives from the city said the civic frame and Fraunhofer Foundation will have to take a look at identifying citizen centric metrics for enforcing building tasks. "Take for example the time taken by a factory labourer to reach his work place from home. This will help in designing the public transport system," the industrialist said.
‘Sense of ownership among people key to city’s growth’
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