AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, along with his entourage, also visited the San-no storm water reservoir site for flood-control management.
Following floods in 1999, a deep structure was built where all the water from the city gets collected. Roads and city are drained by the storm water system. The water collected in the deep structure is pumped back into the reservoirs. Naidu said AP can learn flood-control measures, which improve management of storm/flood water and enhance water availability from this system.
In the final meeting for the day, the Chief Minister and his team visited Smart Grid Community (Fuji Electric). Following this, the Mayor of Kitakyushu City gave a presentation on environmental policy. Kitakyushu is Japan’s first eco-town project. Naidu explained his plans to develop three mega cities and 14 smart cities in Andhra Pradesh and sought Fuji Electric’s help in building the cities. The smart city also has dynamic pricing system and gives incentives to consumers, who respond positively to environment concerns.
The Chief Minister invited Fuji Electric to do a feasibility study for a smart grid project in Andhra Pradesh. For this, Fuji Electric said it will send its representatives to AP by December-January. The company has already sanctioned permission to do a feasibility study for a smart grid project in Panipat of Haryana. (NSS)
