With an aim to make Delhi a world class city, the AAP Government has set in motion the process to adopt the best available technologies with main focus on providing clean drinking water, uninterrupted power supply, pollution-free vehicles, dust-free roads and a well-integrated system to deal with the city’s waste and sewage.
In their recent interactions with the ambassadors of the United States, Israel and Spain, and the United Kingdom’s High Commissioner, both Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia are said to have shown keen interest in adopting the best available technologies in these countries to make Delhi a global city in the next five years.
The Government is also looking into developing smart societies, colonies and market-places, which can act as a model for others to follow in developing Delhi as a world class city.
During his interactions with the Spanish ambassador, Sisodia is said to have expressed his keen interest over the way Madrid had set up Green Police to impose strict penalties on violators of pollution norms in the city.
A highly-placed source said that Kejriwal had a long discussion with the UK High Commissioner on the way Thames was being maintained. He is said to have discussed various options which could help in cleaning the Yamuna.
Problems related to drinking water and solid waste management were also discussed. With the US ambassador, the CM is said to have discussed at length how pollution norms were being applied in California. He also discussed the techniques which were being used for water recycling and in waste management. The Israeli ambassador is said to have pointed out that the amount of rain Delhi receives in one week was being received by his country during the entire year. He is said to take talked about the measures his country had taken in recharging groundwater. The CM is said to have told the ambassador that experts from his country could visit the city to explain in detail the best practices they had adopted in various fields.