Vijayawada: As a follow-up to the proposal placed in the last meeting, officials discussed that very soon, there will be at least three flights per week between Singapore and Vijayawada. The Chief Minister wants high connectivity between the two places, to increase the engagement between the two governments for different development programmes.
The District Cooling system which is in place in Singapore, will be set up in Amaravati too, as per the instructions of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. Mr Jimmy Khoo, managing director of Singapore District Cooling, said that this system was the first of its kind in the world, and it saves almost 40 per cent of the power consumption along with reducing the city’s average temperature.
The Chief Minister also asked them to implement cooling systems in bus stops, using solar power, in the different cities of Andhra Pradesh. The CM has been invited to attend the Industrial Partnership Summit in July 2018 to be held in Singapore. The CM suggested to the Singapore government officials that this convention should be conducted once in Andhra Pradesh too.
Ambassador Gopinath Pillai presented the book, “States of India”, which is authored by him, and proposed that Amaravati buildings should be included as a chapter. It was also confirmed that the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong, will be the chief guest at India’s Republic Day celebrations.
The Chief Minister said that he would visit the capital city during his visit as well.
Meanwhile, Mr Eswaran, minister of Singapore got a grand welcome on Friday at the Gannavaram Airport. Mr N.Chandrababu Naidu was present at the airport and personally welcomed and garlanded him. Later Mr Naidu showed Mr Eswaran models of the buildings of Assembly and Secretariat.
“You are rushing towards development with great acceleration, we are trying to follow and catch you, thank you very much for being a partner in the development of Capital Amaravati,” Chief Minister Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu told Mr Eswaran, minister for commercial and industries.
