DJB seeks to learn water recycling from Singapore
June 20th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has signed an agreement with Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE) and Temasek Foundation to benefit from their know-how on recycling sewage/waste water, a statement said Wednesday.
The Singapore-based organisations will share their experience with DJB in planning and designing of recycling facilities and delivering such projects on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) basis.
Singapore’s NEWater project has been highly successful at tackling the water scarcity in the city-state. The agreement would enable DJB to use the same knowledge to solve the water problems of Delhi’s ever-growing population, which is expected to reach 23 million by 2021, the statement said.
“The programme will be supported by Temasek Foundation with a grant amount of SGD 463,149 (about Rs.2.5 crore) and co-funded by the Delhi Jal Board,” it added.
The agreement was signed by DJB’s chief executive officer Debashree Mukherjee and CEO of SCE Alphonsus Chia. Also present on the occasion were Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Singapore’s acting High Commissioner to India Jonathon Tow and CEO of Temasek Foundation Benedict Cheong.
“We have to adopt the three Rs: Reduce, Recycle and Reuse in order to become self-sustainable,” Dikshit said. Mukherjee termed the programme as the “need of the hour”.
- Dikshit, DJB officers issued notice on water meters - Jun 04, 2012
- Ensure adequate drinking water supplies: Dikshit to DJB - Jun 13, 2012
- Dikshit urged to get drinking water in primary schools - Nov 10, 2011
- Private firms to provide 400 water tankers in Delhi - Jul 10, 2012
- MCD flays Dikshit for water quality - Sep 22, 2011
- Dikshit justifies water tariff hike - Sep 17, 2011
- Delhi water safe for drinking, Sheila Dikshit reiterates - Apr 11, 2011
- Delhi government to supply free chlorine tablets (Lead) - Apr 13, 2011
- Delhi thirsty for water, crisis to deepen - Jun 21, 2012
- 'No increase in drug resistance in cholera bacteria' - Apr 13, 2011
- Delhi, Haryana chief ministers meet on water crisis - Jun 18, 2012
- Dikshit inaugurates water conservation gallery - Dec 14, 2010
- Health Ministry says Delhi water safe, calls meeting over superbug virus - Apr 12, 2011
- No superbug hazard: Health ministry - Apr 11, 2011
- Dikshit alerts civic agencies before monsoon - Jun 14, 2012
Tags: chief executive officer, chief minister, crore, delhi jal board djb, high commissioner, jal, New Delhi, newater, organisations, public private partnership, rs 2, sce, sewage waste, sheila dikshit, singapore cooperation, temasek foundation, waste water, water problems, water recycling, water scarcity