Piramal
Sarvajal and Bhubaneshwar Municipal Corporation,
Smart
City Tie-up in the Safe Drinking Water Space
People using the Sarvajal Water ATM Services
On 12th July 2017, Bhubaneshwar Municipal Corporation and Piramal Sarvajal signed the agreement
for providing Safe Drinking water to the people of Bhubaneshwar through a
decentralized community safe drinking water solution. Piramal Sarvajal, the
technology partner, has through its pioneering solutions aimed to alleviate
challenges in the community safe drinking water management sector through
innovative products, solution and systems in areas of water purification and
distribution.
Signing of the agreement
Highlights of the
project
1.
After Delhi, Bhubaneshwar is the first
city to set-up a 'Hub N Spokes' water ATM project.
2.
The tenure of this project is for five
years and involves settings up of 4 Hub Purification Units and 40 Solar Powered,
Cloud Connected Water ATMs.
3.
Both purification and dispensing systems
are remote monitoring equipped.
4.
Water ATMs can be operated both through
smart cards and coins.
5.
Bhubaneshwar is the first Smart City to
initiate such a project, ensuring safe drinking water to not only the
underserved bastis but also the Common Commuters.
6.
This project will not only reduce
chances of water borne diseases it will also set benchmarks in the provision of
Low-Cost, High-Quality, Clean-Tech, Smart Public Service in the drinking water
space.
7.
Piramal Sarvajal experience in Delhi has
shown this model contributes to a greater degree of resilience compared to
grid/network solutions in times of disaster or man-made service disruption.
8.
Piramal Sarvajal recently received the
Prestigious FT/IFC Transformational Business Award for Achievement in
Transformational Technology for designing and deploying innovative technology
to ensure safe drinking water access to communities.
Piramal Sarvajal, seeded by the Piramal Foundation
in 2008, is a mission driven social enterprise which designs and deploys
innovative solutions for creating affordable access to safe drinking water in
underserved areas. Sarvajal is at the forefront of developing technologies and
business practices in the safe drinking water sector that are designed to make
a purely market-based model sustainable in both rural and urban deployment
conditions. Currently, we are reaching out to approximately 320,000 consumers
daily, through 416+ installations across 14 states.
Piramal Sarvajal has been able to successfully
demonstrate sustainable community-level decentralized drinking water solutions
built upon the foundation of quality control, operational accountability and
price transparency. Cashless transactions, off-grid capability, pay-per-use
methodology, 24x7 service availability, user-level transaction mapping,
real-time impact monitoring and provision for targeted subsidies are the unique
advantages offered by this solution.
Hub
and Spoke Model
