varanasi after the signing of kashikyoto pact by prime minister narendra modi and his prime minister of japan shinzo abe on august 30 2014 the first delegation from india will be visiting kyoto and tokyo from april 20 during the visit the delegation will study the technologies in kyoto that can be replicated in kashi initially the ministry of urban development of government of india had decided to send an eightmember delegation but the size of delegation was revised recently mayor ram gopal mohaley said now fivemember delegation will go to japan to study the technologies adopted by kyoto to become a smart city by maintaining its heritage and culture apart from mayor the joint secretary of ministry of urban development divisional commissioner rm srivastava district magistrate pranjal yadav and municipal commissioner umakant tripathi will be a part of the delegation said mohaley the delegation will study the liquid waste and solid waste management urban transport heritage byelaws zero hoarding policies construction of heritage cultural centre on publicprivate partnership model assistance for textile cluster and tourism mohaley said the main focus would the technologies for liquid and solid waste managements and mobility plan urban transport which are urgent needs for varanasi he expected that after the visit the priorities will be set for implementation of kashikyoto pact after modi signed the kashikyoto pact the vicemayor of kyoto kenichi ogasawara had arrived varanasi with a delegation in october 2014 during his visit he said that his city was all set to offer its expertise to conserve the heritage upgrade the infrastructure and cooperate in the fields of art and culture in march a kyoto university team also visited varanasi when it studied waste management ghats along the ganga and various heritage sites and modifications required for infrastructure development of the city earlier the delegation also comprised vicechancellor of banaras hindu university prof gc tripathi and one more point of signing of a mou between bhu and kyoto university on heritage management was also included in the identified areas of collaboration however no official has confirmed whether the proposal of signing of this mou has been removed from the itinerary of delegations visit after the revision or not