India, Singapore talks little India riots, smart cities

Shanmugam is among the high-profile visitors here wanting  to engage with the new leadership.

Talking about Modi's dream of skill, speed and scale, the Spokesperson said Singapore has also also offered its help for advanced skills training for India's youth.

Singapore has also offered help in Modi's dream project of building 100 smart cities along the key infrastructure projects such as Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor entailing setting up of seven Greenfield Smart Cities between Delhi and Mumbai with three Smart Cities at Dholera, Shendra-Bidkin and Global City to be built by 2019.

Collaboration with Singapore for smart cities is aimed at improving IT in management of cities, use of new technology for sewerage treatment, including solid waste management, energy use of urban planning norms, etc.

Smart cities concept followed in Singapore include smart concept for generating energy savings up to 30 per cent and reducing carbon emissions and Smart Energy Grids (SEG) for electricity demand and supply to interact intelligently.

Smart cities improve economic efficiency, provide better quality of life and promote sustainable urban development.

The Spokesperson also noted that yesterday, India had launched a Singaporean satellite TELOS1 and this reflects the close cooperation between India and Singapore.