United States Ambassador to India His Excellency Kenneth I. Juster called on Chief Minister, Shri Arvind Kejriwal on Friday, July 13, 2018 at the Delhi Secretariat.
In the meeting, the two discussed partnership in several areas including pollution. The Chief Minister informed the Ambassador of the agreement between Delhi Government and University of Washington on pollution. Washington University will be providing real-time pollution data to the Government of Delhi. The data will help identifying the source of pollution in Delhi round the year.
This data will help the government in taking action to curb pollution by identifying the source of pollution in different months in a year.
The Chief Minister also said that he would like to have more cooperation in areas like pollution with the US. “I would like to meet if any of the experts on the area are coming to India to know the best practices to be implemented in Delhi also,” said the Chief Minister.
We are also open to ideas on any other sector also, we can be technology partners in various areas, said the CM. The Ambassador said that he will definitely inform and keep in touch over the areas where partnership is required.
The two also discussed the relationship between India and United States and the people to people cooperation between the two countries.