A synthetic island constructed within the Han River as a part of the Future Hangang Undertaking. | Picture credit score: Swathi Vadlamudi
On the second day of their go to to Seoul, the Telangana delegation visited the Han River entrance and realized in regards to the efforts remodeled the previous 15 years to show the river right into a leisure vacation spot for vacationers and residents. The Future Hangang Undertaking, as it’s referred to as, goals to combine the river into town’s city improvement by designing and creating public areas alongside the river’s 41.2 kilometer waterway by the area. middle of town.
The undertaking, unveiled in 2023 and scheduled for completion in 2030, follows the Hangang Renaissance Undertaking of 2007. As a part of that effort, the federal government developed inexperienced areas alongside the river and constructed a ten,000-square-meter floating synthetic island on the physique of water.
Future Hangang Undertaking Director (Basic Affairs) Park Kinyong shared that 15 parks alongside the river have been constructed through the interval, together with promenades, trails and bicycle lanes. “About 30 or 40 years in the past, it was only a river that ran by town. Now it’s a leisure and cultural middle of town. Within the subsequent part, we intention to accomplice with the personal sector, which might result in investments value US$50 billion for the event of the river,” Kinyong stated.
As a part of the undertaking, seven extra floating islands are deliberate on the 1.2 kilometer large river, to develop accommodations, eating places, meals institutions, conference centres, leisure facilities and water sports activities actions, he stated.
Interacting with the media, Telangana Municipal Administration and City Growth Principal Secretary M. Dana Kishore stated specific expressways have been developed alongside the 74 kilometers of the river that flows by Seoul Metropolitan Metropolis. , to make the physique of water the longer term assist of town. economic system.
The Han River receives handled water from town’s 4 wastewater therapy crops, which price town about $730 million a yr to keep up, Kinyong stated. The river additionally has six consuming water purification programs upstream.
The delegation, led by Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and comprising his colleague Ponnam Prabhakar and MP Ch.Kiran Kumar Reddy, amongst others, additionally met Youngone Company Chairman Kihak Sung and Vice Chairman and CEO, Rae Eun Sung. They mentioned the institution of Kakatiya Mega Textile Park in Warangal for which an MoU was signed through the earlier regime.
Srinivas Reddy assured that the availability of an airport could be executed within the subsequent one and a half years, when the corporate representatives raised the difficulty of air connectivity. The allocation of land for lease or sale within the Metropolis of the Future for the creation of a trend expertise college was additionally mentioned. The corporate additionally made a proposal to coach choose weavers as professional trainers to advertise employment within the textile trade.
Revealed – October 23, 2024 08:19 am IST
