The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has decided to send the sanitation staff, horticulture officials and road engineers to Singapore, Tokoyo and Seoul in the coming September month for training.
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Council is planning to give international exposure to its officials, in order to make lutyens’ Delhi a world class city.
According to an NDMC official, 7 santiation workers, 7 gardeners and 3 road engineers are soon flying to Japan, Singapore and South Korea in September to study sanitation, horticulture and advanced roads and highways there.
The exposure is expected to help the NDMC officials in translating into better facilities and management, the official added.
The senior NDMC official told The Pioneer that, “For this 7-day tour is planned. We have identified 17 officials for the international training through which they will receive advance learning in their respective fields during the exchange of ideas.”
These countries top in the list of technology, hygiene level and beautification through gardening. For this purpose, the NDMC is coordinating with the municipal body of Tokyo, Seoul and Singapore, said the official.
“With this visit, the gardners, sanitation workers and road engineers will interact with the foreign officials of their concerned domain and learn new ideas in technology, new horticulture techniques and maintenances of hygiene, which they will pass on to other staff of NDMC, once they are back from their learning sojourn,” said the official. This is a part of the NDMC’s smart city project, the official added.