Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that in the Global Investors Meet scheduled in Indore from October 8 to 10, 20 countries would participate, including six countries’ involvement as partners.
Chouhan was talking to media persons here on Saturday after his return from his three-day visit to Dubai. He termed the tour as a success. He claimed that several proposals came across during the visit and he would make efforts to materialise most of them.
He said that 71 big industrialists have consented to participate in the Meet. At the Investors’ Meet, a report regarding the MoUs done in the previous Meet would be submitted. Chouhan said that those countries consented to be partners in the Meet are- Australia, Canada, South Africa, Mexico, Austria and the United Kingdon (UK).
Chouhan said that international flights for Dubai is likely to commence from Indore in the current year. The commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh, Indore may become the first city in the state to get an international flight. “We had talks with Emirates Airlines and its officials showed keen interest to start an international flight from Indore to Dubai,” he said, adding, that another air service, Air Arabia, which is comparatively cheaper, is also in initial talks.
The international flight services also includes cargo services from the city, keeping in view the fact the city and its adjoining areas are the hub of industries whose exports turnovers from the region to Gulf and other countries run into crores of rupees.Heeding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call on sanitation from the Red Fort, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that toilets would be constructed in all Government schools in the State within a year.
“We will construct toilets in each and every school in the State within a year as desired by the Prime Minister in his Independence Day speech,” he told reporters at the Mantralaya (State Secretariat) here.