The Times of India 10.08.2010
GHMC praised for its efforts in keeping the city green
HYDERABAD: Mayor of Miyoshi City in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Masaya Murai, has appreciated Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s efforts in making the city a ‘Green City’ when he along with a delegation visited a park developed at Navnirman Nagar in Jubilee Hills on Monday.
Hyderabad and Miyoshi City had signed a `Sister City’ agreement on July 27, 2006. As part of the exchange programme and to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the Hyderabad-Miyoshi Sister City affiliation, the mayor and four other officials arrived in Hyderabad on a two-day visit.
The Japanese delegation also included 13 students and two teachers as part of the student exchange programme for which city-based Orchids School would play host.
On this occasion, the Hyderabad-Miyoshi Sister City affiliation committee & Asa Bhanu Japan Centre jointly organised cultural programmes at State Gallery of Fine Arts, Road No. 1, Kavuri Hills, Madhapur, on Monday.
Later, at Navnirman Nagar, Jubilee Hills, a newly developed GHMC park on a rocky area was inaugurated by the Miyoshi City mayor and dedicated to the local residents. Earlier, Hyderabad mayor Banda Karthika Reddy presented a memento and felicitated the Miyoshi mayor with a shawl.