‘Sister City’ agreement is soon gonna take place between Greater Noida & the US’ Loudoun County that can open the way for large-scale investment, academic and cultural exchanges between them, officials said.
The Greater Noida Authority was trying to approach Loudon County for an agreement as a ‘sister city’, or ‘twin city’ for a long time,as per the official statement.
Representatives from Loudoun County, situated in Virginia State of the US and some 70 km off Washington DC, was in Greater Noida on Tuesday.
During the Visit on Tuesday,the Loudoun County team was informed about the Noida International Airport, road infrastructure, metro connectivity, expressways, greenery, big companies, educational institutions, data centre hub, etc, in the region and also apprised about Industrial Integrated Township in Greater Noida, an upcoming multi-modal transport hub, according to the statement.
Team of representatives led by Buddy Rizer who is executive director of the Department of Economic Development of Loudoun County, met with Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) CEO N G Ravi Kumar and Additional CEO Medha Rupam.
“A couple of suggestions have been given by both the sides in the draft agreement, following which a memorandum of understanding will be made after taking approval from the government soon,” the GNIDA said after the meeting.
GNIDA CEO NG Ravi Kumar assured swift efforts from the Greater Noida Authority to implement the ‘Sister City’ agreement soon, it added.
So what is this ‘Sister City’ pact exactly is……
A Sister City Agreement (Twinning of Cities), facilitates direct exchange of education, business, culture, biotech, agriculture, pharmaceutical, information and technology, etc. between two cities.
The central government has engaged in Twin/Sister agreements between Indian states and cities with those in partner nations as an efficient tool to bolster cultural and diplomatic ties, as well as trade and investment relations.
The first such agreement was signed between Varanasi ,Uttar Pradesh and Kathmandu, Nepal, followed by Ayodhya and Janakpur, Nepal, both in 2014, according to official records.Agra also made pact with Chengdu, China, in 2016 followed by Lucknow and Wenzhou, China in 2017,as per the official records.
As per the data record,Agra signed another agreement with Petra, Jordan in 2018.
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