New Delhi: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh has commended the Ministry of Science and Technology for positively contributing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Vision and Mission of “Har Ghar Nal Se Jal”.
In pursuance of this, Technology Development Board (TDB), a statutory body of Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, has extended financial support to M/s Swajal Water Private Limited, a tech startup company founded by ex-IITians in Gurugram. The company is focused on innovative technologies to make reliable clean drinking water accessible to communities at affordable price, for their project on IoT enabled point of use Solar Water Purification Unit for Slums, Villages and High Utility Areas.
Dr Jitendra Singh handed over cheque to Dr Vibha Tripathi, CEO & Co Founder, Swajal and asked them to scale up this technology to help achieve India’s ambitious target of providing clean drinking water to all by 2024. The Minister said, apart from the Centre’s initiatives like National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) and Jal Jeevan Mission, Private Sector should come forward in a big way with tech solutions to cover nearly 14 Crore households where clean drinking water is yet to reach.
Referring to Prime Minister’s 75th Independence Day speech, where he said that in just two years of the Jal Jeevan Mission, more than four and a half crore families have started getting water from taps, Dr Jitendra Singh said that Government is promoting Science and Technology (S&T) with emphasis on emerging areas and their application for bringing “Ease of Living” for common man.
It may be recalled that Dr Jitendra Singh launched state-of-the-art Heli-borne survey technology for groundwater management, developed by CSIR-NGRI Hyderabad with Union
Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekawat from Jodhpur in October, last year. To start with, the States of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana are being taken up for this latest heli-borne survey.
Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekawat from Jodhpur in October, last year. To start with, the States of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana are being taken up for this latest heli-borne survey.
The Gurugram based company’s patented system, ‘Clairvoyant’ uses artificial intelligence to optimize purification system and predict future breakdowns. Thus, allowing it to remotely manage, update, and repair each system in real time. They have also developed clean drinking water solutions in the form of Water ATMS, which combines Internet of Things technology with solar energy to provide clean drinking water. These rural Water ATM by Swajal proposed to use solar energy to pump water from rivers, wells, ponds or groundwater depending upon the location. The water will then be treated with appropriate technology to make it healthy & pure for drinking. With this innovation, the cost of purified & water be brought down to as low as 25 paise per litre.
Dr Tripathi, CEO & Co Founder, Swajal stated that, “We are thrilled to get financial support from Technology Development Board. A social impact start-up like Swajal could do
wonders, if it gets appropriate support from the government. We are looking forward to cover more states in India as soon as possible.”
wonders, if it gets appropriate support from the government. We are looking forward to cover more states in India as soon as possible.”
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