During his trip to India, Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck tried out the subway in the capital New Delhi. The Green politician drove around 20 minutes to an evening event with Indian Trade Minister Piyush Goyal. Goyal said he uses the system more often – it’s simply much faster than moving around in heavy city traffic. Habeck reported that he occasionally uses the subway in Berlin.
However, the trip to the Indian capital’s local transport involved a lot of effort for security reasons: security forces closed off a metro station for entry and two cars in which the two ministers and their entourage were traveling. Habeck seemed impressed by the ultra-modern train: The system in New Delhi is “more modern than some German or European metros,” he said appreciatively at the evening reception.
Habeck, like Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and other ministers, is in India for talks with the local government. The day before he watched a hockey game between the German and Indian men’s teams.