New Delhi, India: The Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India and Bentley Systems announced the winners of the 2009-2010 Future Cities India 2020 at New Delhi, India, today. In this 4th annual competition, the project designed by Amity International School, Saket, New Delhi won the top honours. The school was presented with a trophy and a cheque of 100,000 INR by the Minister Human Resources Development, Kapil Sibal. Runner-up, Manava Bharati India International School, was given away a cheque of 44,000 INR and the trophy.
According to the jurors, Amity School portrayed the best way to develop modern Chandni Chowk (one of the oldest and busiest markets in central north Delhi) - keeping its heritage intact. After the prize distribution, rejuvenated Amity International team said that they have focussed on India 2020 and beyond. They keep their ideas tightly roped under the application part. They could successfully convince the jury members that their ideas cater to the need of Future Cities India 2020 and at the same time executable by the concerning authority as well.
In other categories, Apeejay School, Faridabad, Haryana won the best essay prize. Salwan public School, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi won the best computer model prize and Father Agnel School, Gautam Nagar, New Delhi won the best physical model prize.
In his inaugural address, Kapil Sibal said, “This competition is a medium to energise the young minds and allow them to understand the problem of the city. It will give them an opportunity to find out how future cities could be made liveable. Most of cities in our country have been planned haphazardly. So, India has the opportunity to build new cities of 21st century to suit their changing needs. In the past, there was no concept of green city. But now, we need to concentrate on saving energy, building sustainable cities, new kind of transportation, recycling and reusing waste material and water, new kind of electric transmission, new kind of sanitation, new kind of housing material and so on. So, our new cities would be a benchmark for the 21st century.”
Kapil Sibal, who represents Chandni Chowk constituency in the Indian Parliament, further said, “Let the youngsters initiate a dialogue regarding the problems of the cities and society with teachers and parents. It will give an opportunity to parents to see the prevailing problems of the society with the eyes of their own children. This Chandni Chowk project may be a good model for them as well.”
Earlier, Bhupinder Singh, SVP, Bentley Systems said, “Bentley Systems is the interface between people and planet which is directly linked with quality of our life. To develop a model for the redevelopment of 350-year-old city was a complex challenge.” He then quoted famous American author and humorist Mark Twain, “a man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.”
The competition has addressed topics like Commonwealth games, Commonwealth games village, and redevelopment of New Delhi railway station.
Source: Our Special Correspondent
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