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PANAJI
India’s premier water-services company JanaJal has entered into a contract for deployment of water ATMs with Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL). The contract is a concession for a period of five years for deployment of 61 water vending machines at all 59 railway stations of Konkan Railway, covering the entire stretch of KRCL across Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka.
The entire cluster of 61 water ATMs will be completed over a period of five months. “Our initial survey has indicated that the quality of water in the Konkan region is one of the best in India and therefore there is no need for use of Reverse Osmosis (RO) technology for water treatment. Therefore, in line with our company’s sustainability goals, JanaJal will be using alternate superior technologies for water treatment that will minimise the wastage of water to less than 5%,” stated Parag Agarwal, founder and MD of JanJal.
RO technology would only be used on sites where the quality of raw water is found unsuitable for human consumption. This will be a major step towards water conservation without compromising the quality of safe water being dispensed and maintaining consistency.
These 61 water ATMs are expected to serve 7.5 million commuters daily, besides catering to local communities residing around the railway stations. The daily consumption covering all the railway stations is expected to reach approximately 1 lakh litres in due course and will help eliminate as many as single-use plastic bottles from the environment.
JanaJal till date has similar projects in Maharashtra through 101 installations with Central Railways, Western Railways and Harbour Line, besides nearly 100 installed water ATMs at various Police Stations in Mumbai. With the implementation of this cluster in KRCL, JanaJal will have approximately 300 water ATMs in Maharashtra. The company intends to expand this network further in the state over the next 12 months.
A social enterprise and flagship initiative of the Supremus Group to provide clean and safe drinking water at public places like railway stations, bus stands, hospitals, schools, religious places, village panchayats, towns cities, metros and any other places in India identified by stakeholders in mutual consultation.
