COIMBATORE: Sense of possession necessary for the city's building, stated Germany's ambassador to India, Martin Ney, all over a dialogue on Smart City here on Monday. He stated the improvement of city's lakes is the key to the city's building in Smart City.
"There are eight lakes in the city. We feel that developing the lakes will give people of the city positivity," Ney stated.
"I live in Berlin and there is a lake close to my house. When I go for a jog, I go via the lake. And during summers, I jump into the lake for a swim," stated the German ambassador, adding that it is an indication that the lake is clean.
Germany is looking at helping the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) with putting in measures to clean the water and drainage that enters the lake. "If the lake and its surroundings are clean, we feel that people of the city are going to like it. At the same time, we feel that there should be a sense of ownership among people," stated Ney.
Adding to the critiques of the German ambassador, Coimbatore Corporation commissioner Okay Vijayakarthikeyan stated, "In an attempt to inculcate the sense of ownership among the people of the city, we are inviting ideas from the public for our projects. When we incorporate people's ideas into the development plans, they will feel a sense of ownership towards it."
Asked about mobility, the head of Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB, India, Anandi Iyer, stated, "We are looking at conducting a workshop on mobility in January 2018. We will then look at the possibilities of helping the Coimbatore Corporation in its initiatives to improve mobility in the city."
During the dialogue, some of the representatives from the business within the city pointed out that the Coimbatore Corporation and Fraunhofer Foundation should take a look at identifying citizen-centric metrics for enforcing building projects. "For instance, 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 stated.
"There are eight lakes in the city. We feel that developing the lakes will give people of the city positivity," Ney stated.
"I live in Berlin and there is a lake close to my house. When I go for a jog, I go via the lake. And during summers, I jump into the lake for a swim," stated the German ambassador, adding that it is an indication that the lake is clean.
Germany is looking at helping the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) with putting in measures to clean the water and drainage that enters the lake. "If the lake and its surroundings are clean, we feel that people of the city are going to like it. At the same time, we feel that there should be a sense of ownership among people," stated Ney.
Adding to the critiques of the German ambassador, Coimbatore Corporation commissioner Okay Vijayakarthikeyan stated, "In an attempt to inculcate the sense of ownership among the people of the city, we are inviting ideas from the public for our projects. When we incorporate people's ideas into the development plans, they will feel a sense of ownership towards it."
Asked about mobility, the head of Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB, India, Anandi Iyer, stated, "We are looking at conducting a workshop on mobility in January 2018. We will then look at the possibilities of helping the Coimbatore Corporation in its initiatives to improve mobility in the city."
During the dialogue, some of the representatives from the business within the city pointed out that the Coimbatore Corporation and Fraunhofer Foundation should take a look at identifying citizen-centric metrics for enforcing building projects. "For instance, 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 stated.
Sense of responsibility important for Coimbatore’s development, German envoy says
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