29/12/2021
Central Public Health Engineering & Environment Organization (CPHEEO), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) had organized a National Level Conference at New Delhi on 21st of December 2021 on ‘Technical Conference cm Exhibition on 24x7 Water Supply Systems’. The event was attended by more than 600 participants. The participants were high level top decision makers from respective Urban Local Bodies.
The focus of the conference was to introduce the guidelines for Amrut 2.0 and issues pertaining to 24x7 water supply to the urban local bodies.
Mr. Mahesh Pathak, CMD, Unity Group presented the issues of intermittent water supply versus 24x7 water supply with Shri. Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary, MoHUA , Smt. D Thara, Joint Secretary & Mission Director (AMRUT), MoHUA and Dr. M. Dhinadhyalan Advisor CPHEEO, GoI.
Mr. Mahesh Pathak and Mr. Meherzade Dubash along with Team Unity, have been instrumental in successfully organizing and coordinating the entire conference for CPHEEO along with team GIZ India.
Dr. Shrikant Gabale, Director- Unity Geospatial delivered a speech as GIS Expert and one of the panellists on ‘Role of GIS and SCADA technologies in 24x7 water supply in India.‘
The team comprising of M. Rajeshwari Kishore, Abhijeet Chakrey and Amit Shinde sorted, studied, analysed the data along with team of CPHEEO for the selection of participating cities. The various initiatives of the participating cities were evaluated and conclusively gave technical inputs for the presentation of the Scheme through Panels prepared.
The event was presided over by Shri Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Smt. D. Thara, Joint Secretary and Mission Director (Amrut Mission), Dr. Dhinadhayalan, Advisor, CPHEEO, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Mr. Ernst Doering, Cluster Coordinator, Sustainable Urban and Industrial Development (SUID), GIZ India, Dr. Rama Kant, Deputy Advisor, CPHEEO, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
Water Supply experts from all over India gave various presentations and shared their experience, views and their insights about 24x7 water supply system.