NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant (MONEY SHARMA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Art, Culture Should Be Part Of The Smart Cities Project, Says NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant
On 19 December, the chief executive officer of NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant, emphasised the necessity to include art and culture into the Smart Cities project to make them better.
During an event organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry, or FICCI, Kant said,
In India, cities are actually focusing on smart infrastructure like water, electricity, waste management. It makes cities safer along with better transportation and affordable housing. That is essential. However, it will not make them great unless you focus on cultural districts… Technology for smart cities without art and culture component will create lop-sided development only… Technology and art and culture must embrace each other. We cannot have smart cities without art and culture. One critical thing is that we need to get all our city planners, who are frozen in time, to break their mindset…
Kant added that the planners must interact with artists and people who work in the field of art and culture.
With inputs from IANS