Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister NChandrababu Naidu, who is on a three-day visit to Singapore, held meetings with the city-state's Second Minister (Trade and Industry) S Iswaran as well as urban planning experts.
The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister discussed possibilities for co-operation and other issues with the Singapore minister, an AP state government release said on Wednesday. Naidu and his team visited Marina Bay Sands Sky Park, a prominent landmark, and Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) to study Singapore's best urban practices, the release said.
At the CLC, the AP CM was explained about the city-state's best urban planning practices by CLC executive director Khoo Teng Chye.
Singapore has adopted some of the best measures to conserve and manage drinking water and Naidu studied its integrated efforts to minimise solid waste through recycling, purchase of recycled products and provision of waste audits, the release said.
Mr. Khoo, executive director for Centre for Liveable Cities, briefed us about best urban planning practices. pic.twitter.com/A3p42W49uA
— N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) November 12, 2014Naidu also met experts from the National Water Agency, and the Public Utilities Board (PUB) of Singapore, the sole body responsible for collection, production, distribution and reclamation of water in the city-state, the release said.
Singapore's best practices include the use of pre-cast box culverts to cut drains on busy roads overnight in order to minimise construction time and traffic disruption, computer modelling to optimise canal design, incorporation of special engineering and landscaping features to retain a river's natural features, the release said.
The AP CM took a Singapore River Cruise from Clarke Quay into Marina Bay to study Singapore River clean-up methodology as well as understand the development of Singapore's River Tourism District, the release said.
This would help Andhra Pradesh develop its capital on the riverfront and also give a fillip to boost beach tourism in the state, the release said.
A delegation comprising AP State Finance Minister Y Ramakrishnudu, Municipal Administration Minister P Narayana, Advisor (Communications) Parakala Prabhakar and senior officials from planning, infrastructure and investments, industries are part of the visiting team, the release said.
