Indore bags National Water Award for water conservation efforts in the West Zone

Indore bagged the National Water Award for West Zone for water conservation, preserving water sources and improving groundwater levels with the help of rainwater harvesting. The felicitation ceremony was held at New Delhi's Vigyan Bhawan in presence of President Ram Nath Kovind and various other MPs and MLAs on Tuesday. The move came after, a central groundwater team surveyed the ground reality in Indore.

Efficient measures, better results

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Collector Manish Singh informed that a Central Ground Water team surveyed the water conservation and treatment schemes and that the district performed well on various parameters. Water conservation, sewage treatment, and water recycling were some of the parameters that the surveyors considered to come to a decision.

Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) has taken numerous measures for water conservation and treatment of sewage water from residential and commercial areas. As per the officials, the sewage was is only reused or released into water bodies after appropriate treatment.

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The treatment of sewage water before release not only showcases the efficiency but has also solved many problems related to sanitation and stench in residential areas neighbouring the water bodies. As a result, the fish population has also increased over the last few years.

About 16K private establishments are installed with water recharging units in the district. These units are installed in 1500 public offices as well. The water level in rural areas has also increased since the construction of several check dams and ponds. Apart from that, 90 Baulis from the Holkar era have also been rejuvenated around the district.

Additionally, the city's civic body has been active in rejuvenating rivers. So far, IMC has rejuvenated Kahn and Saraswati rivers. The surveyors praised the efficiency of all these measures employed for water conservation in the district.