This story is from February 12, 2020

Tirupur and Silvassa to become sister cities

Tirupur and Silvassa to become sister cities
Coimbatore: The central government has introduced the concept of sister cities and paired the 20 best performing smart cities as sister cities with the least performing smart cities in the country to improve the performance of the latter. Accordingly, the Centre has paired Tirupur which has secured 3rd rank with Silvassa in Gujarat that has secured 87th rank.

A corporation source said that the concept of sister cities was discussed during the third national apex conference held in Vishakapattinam in January. The ideal purpose of introducing the concept was to enhance the performance of the cities especially the ones who had been struggling to implement the projects. The ministry of housing and urban affairs sent an advisory notice to all the smart cities recently.
“The sister cities would enter into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which would be valid for a year. The cities could extend the validity of the pact to continue their collaboration in the light of changing trends and environment. The MoU is expected to be signed on February 20,” said the source.
The source said that once the agreement is signed, the cities would undertake a 100-day challenge to enhance the performance of the least performing cities and the cities would conduct a joint meeting once in 30 days through video conferencing.
The cities would provide access to financial and technical studies including detailed project reports (DPRs), feasibility study reports and impact assessment reports to each other, the source said, adding that a team from each city would visit the other at least once in the 100 days to understand the projects that are implemented in other cities.
Tirupur corporation commissioner K Sivakumar said that they would extend their support in all possible ways to their sister city.
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