As part of a strategy by the European Union body, International Urban Cooperation to nurture urban development in collaboration with other cities, plans have been initiated to link up Gwalior with the Belgium city leuven.
A memorandum to this effect, titled IUC Cooperation Agreement was jointly signed by Vivek Shejwalkar, Gwalior Mayor and PR Rimity, the program coordinator of the project at the Bal Bhawan on Thursday morning. Both cities will work in collaboration with each other according to the local Action Plan.
A presentation about the various developmental works to be undertaken was given by Ashish Varma during the signing ceremony.
Earlier the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Government of India had finalized a list of 12 cities to work with European cities to share knowledge on sustainable urban development, Gwalior being one of them. The other cities are Surat, Chennai, lucknow, Nagpur, Sholapur, Vijayawada, Panaji, Udaipur, Kochi, South Delhi and Shimla. After deliberations it was decided that Gwalior will be linked up with the Belgium city, leuven. As per the ministry sources this initiative will be through the IUC program, aimed at finding solutions to major societal and environmental challenges so that the quality of the life of citizens can be enhanced.