Chandigarh : 24th September : French delegation led by Mr. Alexandre, Ziegler, Ambassador of France in
India and Mr. Jean- Yves LE DRIAN, Defence Minister of French along with other
members of the delegation met Governor of Punjab and Administrator U.T.,
Chandigarh, Sh. VP Singh Badnore, at Punjab Raj Bhavan.
Discussing various issues at length the Administrator
said that there was a major scope of cooperation in the areas of sustainable
development particularly in Transport, Waste Management and Urban Development.
He said that the focus should be laid on segregation of waste and there is a
need of latest technology in this field.
The Governor of Punjab and
Administrator, U.T., Chandigarh said that Chandigarh is number one city in
India for very many reasons, especially in architecture, cleanliness, greenery
and also leading in tapping roof top solar energy in the country. He said Chandigarh
should not only become smart city but the smartest city in the world.
Sh. V.P Singh Badnore further said that
another area in which we were interested was Rapid Transport system. As per him
Chandigarh is not very big city, and people are not interested in Metro, but in
other transport systems and asked the delegation to share whatever latest
technology they have in these areas.
Mr. Alexandre, Ziegler, Ambassador of
France in India assured the Administrator that they would extend all possible
cooperation and in sharing latest technical know-how in the areas of your
interest.
Prominent amongst others were Mr. M.P.
Singh, Additional Chief Secretary to Governor of Punjab and Sh. Parimal Rai, IAS,
Adviser to the Administrator.
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