However, the city corporation has to route its proposal, requirement of funds and other facilities through the Centre, German Ambassador to India Martin Ney told reporters here.
Martin, who earlier met Mayor Rajkumar and Corporation commissioner Vijayakarthikeyan and discussed the projects, said his country had funded 263 million Euros for 30 projects to Tamil Nadu in the last seven years in three phases.
Stating that Germany has expertise in various fields, including infrastructure development, drinking water and solid waste management, he said Coimbatore was one among the three cities chosen as Smart Cities which Germany wanted to assist, the two others being Kochi and Bhubaneshwar.
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