Smart cities should be inclusive spaces that give benefits even to people from less privileged backgrounds, said planning experts at the end of the roundtable on ‘Smart cities and inclusion’.
The roundtable in which experts discussed viability of smart cities for women, the disabled, senior citizens, children and the poor was organised by British Deputy High Commission, Hyderabad and Foundation for Futuristic Cities, a city-based think tank.
Addressing mediapersons, Andrew McAllister, British Deputy High Commissioner, Hyderabad said that his government was eager to join hands with the Government of India (GoI) in building cities that would include needs of almost all of its population. “The British government could aid India in building top class infrastructure that has good design.
The meet discussed the need to provide access to infrastructure, resources, technology and innovation in main streaming women, Karuna Gopal of Foundation for Futuristic Cities said.
