Uttarakhand
Jal Sansthan has received National Urban Water Award (2011-12) for “Water
Quality Monitoring in Uttarakhand” in Technical Excellence Category by the
Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India on 7th March 2014
at award ceremony held in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
The
National Urban Water Awards (NUWA) was instituted in 2008 with the explicit
purpose of honoring urban local governments, water boards and organizations
that assist them in taking innovative and significant steps towards effective
water management and effecting improvements in service delivery. The Ministry
of Urban Development in association with the Administrative Staff College of
India (ASCI), Hyderabad has conceptualized and successfully established an
annual National Urban Water Awards (NUWA). NUWA is unique in that it honors
public and government institutions and recognizes the role of all stakeholders
associated with service delivery improvement in urban areas.
Uttarakhand
Jal Sansthan (UJS) has been awarded for introduction of a comprehensive water
quality monitoring protocol as per IS:10500 across the state of Uttarakhand.
Sampling, monitoring and reporting is being carried out as per Service Level
Benchmarking Framework of Government of India. A state of the art laboratory
with modern equipment was established at Dehradun and twelve more laboratories
were established at different locations covering all districts in the state.
Training programmes were conducted to support implementation of water quality
monitoring protocol. The water samples are being tested and results are
displayed on Government of India website.
The
program on National Urban Water Awards was coordinated by Shri Srinivas Chary
Vedala , Director ASCI and the awards were presented by Dr. Sudhir
Krishna, Secretary (UD), Ministry of Urban Development, GoI. The team of Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan has received the
award .
