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Chandigarh Administration signed a twin city agreement with Plaine Commune of France to establish a decentralized cooperation program between urban community of Plaine Commune and the city at Chandigarh.
The agreement was signed by Adviser to Administrator Vijay Dev who is on a visit to France and Patrick Braouezec, the President of Plaine Commune.
According to the agreement, through Joint Co-operation Programme (JCP) and long-term relationship, both will undertake various activities to foster heritage-based sustainable development of urban community of Plaine Commune and Chandigarh through community participation, protection and conservation of Chandigarh’s cultural and natural resources and the promotion of income and employment generating activities for local people through heritage urbanism and cultural tourism jointly.
Both sides have agreed to have technical support and capacity building in Chandigarh as well as its villages.
A statement said this agreement will prove beneficial for the Chandigarh for becoming a smart city by technical support mainly in the areas of transportation, peripheral development, heritage preservation and cultural promotion.