‘Business Sweden’ keen to collaborate with Amritsar Smart City

Amritsar, May 1 (Punjab Post Bureau) – “Business Sweden” is The Swedish Trade & Invest Council that helps Swedish companies increase their global sales and also other international companies invest and expand in Sweden. Business Sweden is a part of the Sweden’s Government mission to collaborate with Government of India. Business Sweden team headed by Mr. Magnus Anderson (Deputy Trade Commissioner) visited Amritsar and had discussions with ASCL officials led by Ms. Deepti Uppal, CEO, Mr. Saurabh Arora (Joint Commissioner) and the PMC; Municipal Corporation, Police Department and other Government officials.Senior Deputy Mayor of Amritsar Mr. Raman Bakshi and Deputy Mayor of Amritsar Mr. Younis Khan participated in the meeting to get a better understanding on the latest technology trends. The meeting got started with Lieutenant Colonel Manu Chaudhary (Team Leader, ASCL PMC Team) listing all the planned Smart City Projects in Phases. Various companies like ABB India, Axis Communications, Envac Environmental Technology, FLIR Systems, Fortum, Volvo, XLIT Group have had representatives present in the meeting and shared their products, solutions and services to Amritsar City officials and consultants. All the companies were keen to help and support achieves Amritsar in their Smart City vision and achieve good performance ranking all over India in areas like Solid Waste Management, Surveillance Cameras, Urban Transport etc. The individual service line experts interacted with the companies to exchange notes and ideas. Mr. Magnus Anderson has agreed to explore avenues on how Swedish companies can work on some pilot projects in Amritsar and take the collaboration to the next level. All the teams have agreed to stay connected and work together wherever the opportunity arises.