Samsung team meets CM KCR
Hyderabad, Sept 24 (INN): A team of members led by Dongsun Choi, General Manager and Young IL Kim, Project Director of Samsung Data Systems, India, called on Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Wednesday at Secretariat.
The team made a presentation to the Chief Minister on the Central Clearing Housing Systems (CCHS) with specific reference to Hyderabad city.
The members of the team appraised the Chief Minister that in various cities in different countries there is provision for contact-less card based CCHS system with one payment method which helps their citizen for best convenience in public transportation such as Oyster card in UK, Octopus card in Hongkong, Suica card in Japan.
They said that these cards can make payment to various authorities of metros, buses, taxis as well as in the area of any retail shops. They also mentioned that CCHS is one of the legacy systems for any metro city which will provide most convenience to all. Linking this, they said, smart cities could be better managed.
The team further appraised the Chief Minister about intelligent manufacturing, intelligent logistics, intelligent office, intelligent home, intelligent surveillance and smart education as part of smart city system.
Samsung is one of the world's most admired companies and is widely recognised as an industry leader and an innovator.
The Chief Minister told the members of Samsung team to come out with specific proposals for Hyderabad city to make it a smart city and apply their experiences in a meaningful way.
The Chief Minister also suggested to have a meeting with City Police Commissioner for further discussions. It is also agreed in principle to conduct a workshop shortly in this regard involving different stakeholders.
S Narsing Rao, Principal Secretary to CM, Smitha Sabarwal, Additional Secretary to CM and Bhupal Reddy, Special Secretary to CM are present
News Posted: 24 September, 2014
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