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India should go for just 100 Smart Cities: Benninger
India should consider making 100 existing cities smart instead of building new ones, said Indian- American architect Prof Christopher Benninger while addressing a conference in Singapore. He felt that Indian planners should design the country\'s new cities based on knowledge of local culture and economy.
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India should consider making 100 existing cities smart instead of building new ones, said Indian- American architect Prof Christopher Benninger while addressing a conference in Singapore. He felt that Indian planners should design the country's new cities based on knowledge of local culture and economy.
US-born Benninger, who has spent most of his life designing projects in India, has welcomed Singapore's design for Andhra Pradesh's new capital city of Amaravati. He also has projects lined up in Hyderabad and Nagpur. "We have about 300 cities, each with more than half a million population.
My argument is that let's make even 100 of those 300 cities smart," said Benninger, 72, who was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Singapore-based Business Excellence and Research Group (BERG). "I feel that Indian planners should be planning Indian cities as we know the culture, the economics and the most appropriate infrastructure for India," he told.
"India will always have enough engineers and there were a lot of applications for civil engineering courses at the universities. We definitely have a lot of applicants for civil engineering courses. India is a huge country with a lot of huge aspiration," he said. "The (Indian real estate) sector plays a critical role for managing India's rapidly urbanising population.
BERG aims to provide an international thought leadership platform in this process," Chairman of BERG Advisory Board Thomas McMahon said. The second BERG Real Estate Awards 2015 attracted participation from a large cross-section of real estate players spanning the categories of developers, architects, and interior designers from across India. A total of 15 awards were presented at the Gala Awards night in Singapore.
