Smart City Mission: Germany offers technological solutions

smart-cityTo endeavour centre’s smart city mission, Germany has offered its expertise for planning of smart cities. In addition to that German firms will provide technical solutions for traffic sector and for energy, water and waste treatment. Germany is planning to tie up with Bhubaneshwar, Kochi and Coimbatore for their development as smart cities. German Ambassador Martin Ney said in this regard, “Germany brings to the table not only decades of expertise and experience in city

Germany is planning to tie up with Bhubaneshwar, Kochi and Coimbatore for their development as smart cities. German Ambassador Martin Ney said in this regard, “Germany brings to the table not only decades of expertise and experience in city

German Ambassador Martin Ney said in this regard, “Germany brings to the table not only decades of expertise and experience in city planning, but also technological solutions that German companies have to offer in the area of energy, water, waste treatment and traffic solutions”.

Ney focussed that Cities are home for people with all their dreams and aspirations and are much more than the hardware of roads, houses and infrastructure.Their development and design must be made with their best interests at heart. He said this while addressing the three-day ‘DWIH Indo-German Conference on CityScapes’ which has started from September 29 in Delhi. DWIH was established in October 2012. It is a consortium of 15 German organisations comprising funding institutions, research

Their development and design must be made with their best interests at heart. He said this while addressing the three-day ‘DWIH Indo-German Conference on CityScapes’ which has started from September 29 in Delhi. DWIH was established in October 2012. It is a consortium of 15 German organisations comprising funding institutions, research centers and universities.

To discuss the global challenges of sustainable urbanisation The conference is scheduled to bring scientists together in the fields of energy, environment, cyber security and smart cities from India and Germany.