Delhi seeks sister city agreement with Brisbane: Mayor

Delhi Mayor has said that she has conveyed to her counterpart in Brisbane that she wishes Delhi to have a sister city agreement with the Australian city of Brisbane. Shelly Oberoi who recently represented the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) at the Asia Pacific Cities Summit and Mayor’s Forum in Brisbane, said that she was impressed by the city’s sanitation and cleanliness management and preservation of built heritage. The summit took place between 11^th-13^th October and was attended by more than a thousand delegates which consisted of more than 100 mayors and deputy mayors.

“During an introduction session, we were told about the ‘sister cities’ concept that they have. They have such tie-ups with multiple cities from many countries.

Hyderabad is also in it. During my interaction with him, I told the Lord Mayor of Brisbane that we (Delhi) want to become a ‘sister city’ with Brisbane,” Oberoi told PTI. “During the Summit, I interacted with the Lord Mayor of Brisbane (Adrian Schrinner), and mayors and deputy mayors from several other cities,” Oberoi said. “We have shown our interest, and now, we will wait to learn about the formalities from their side,” the Delhi Mayor added.

 “Soon, as we get to know the formalities, we will work on it… In Brisbane, I also had a word with someone from India’s mission in Australia and an adviser to the mayor of Brisbane, they will also help us in taking this forward,” she said. “The thought came to me when I visited there and met people at the conference and definitely why shouldn’t we bring our MCD to an international platform? This is a very good opportunity to place our model there,” Oberoi further said.

“I had a conversation with the mayor of Brisbane on this subject, and I told him that we want to become a ‘sister city’ of Brisbane, and he said that they will see…,” she added.

The city of Brisbane which is located on the banks of the Brisbane River and named after it. It is one of the largest cities in Australia and the capital of Queensland province. The local government body, the Brisbane city council is Australia’s largest with 26 wards and 27 councillor positions. Brisbane’s sister city programme provides for developing commercial, cultural, sporting and other mutually beneficial exchanges for Brisbane-based businesses and its sister cities. Brisbane’s sister cities currently include Abu Dhabi (UAE), Auckland (New Zealand), Chongqing (China), Daejeon (South Korea),

Hyderabad (India), Kaohsiung (Taiwan), Kobe (Japan), Semarang (Indonesia) and Shenzhen (China). Meanwhile, Delhi’s MCD governs an area spanning 250 wards and it was the first time after unification that a Delhi mayor took part in an international summit.

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