“We see an enormous potential and investor-friendly environment in Uttar Pradesh. Twelve Dutch companies are interested in various projects in the state and are doing initial scan on it,” Rima Yadav, senior policy advisor, Netherlands embassy, who was party to the delegation, told reporters here.
Recently, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had led a delegation to the Netherlands and met business leaders there.
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Yadav said a Dutch company is studying the prospects of preparing cycle tracks in Noida, Greater Noida, Lucknow and Agra as during his visit to Netherlands, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had shown interest in it.
“We planned to visit Uttar Pradesh immediately after its chief minister’s visit to the country to explore possibilities of investments here. We are going to see possibilities of investment in agriculture, innovative technology and transferring of educational skills”, Stoelinga said. He said for example with the use of Netherlands’ innovative technology of Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in street lights and offices, 40 per cent energy could be saved.
Such technologies could be used in irrigation sector too, he said. Stoelinga also said after primary study they will discuss with the state government regarding short-, mid-term and long-term plans for investment.
The delegation had on Monday met Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and held detailed discussions on cooperation in the field of agriculture, food processing and dairy development.