Archive · 19 Nov 2025
Melbourne and Delhi Mayors Discuss Collaboration for Urban Governance
The mayors of Melbourne and Delhi met to learn from each other and find ways to work together to make their cities better.
They talked about things like waste management and digital services, and the Delhi mayor hopes this will lead to more cooperation in the future.
The Melbourne mayor even invited the Delhi mayor to visit Melbourne to continue their talks.
Melbourne Mayor Nicholas Reece met Delhi Mayor Sardar Raja Iqbal Singh
Visit aimed to explore collaboration and deepen understanding of Delhi's municipal systems
MCD officers briefed Melbourne delegation on waste management, governance, digital services
Delhi Mayor hopes for long-term cooperation and knowledge exchange
Melbourne Mayor invited Delhi Mayor to visit for further discussions
- Who
- Melbourne Mayor Nicholas Reece and Delhi Mayor Sardar Raja Iqbal Singh
- What
- Met to discuss collaboration and knowledge exchange
- When
- Wednesday
- Where
- Municipal Corporation of Delhi headquarters
- Why
- To explore avenues for collaboration and learn from each other's municipal systems
- Population of Delhi
- Over 16 million
- Population of Melbourne
- Over 4 million
- MCD's major functions
- Waste management, municipal governance, online building plan approvals, citizen-centric digital services
- India's urbanisation rate
- Rapid
- Delhi's mayor's hope for engagement
- Long-term cooperation and knowledge exchange