New Delhi, Nov 02 The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and Denmark on cooperation in the field of Water Resources Development and Management.
Broad areas of cooperation envisaged in the MoU are:
- Digitalisation and ease of information access
- Integrated and smart water resources development and management;
- Aquifer mapping, groundwater modelling, monitoring and recharge;
- Efficient and sustainable water supply at household level, including reduction of non-revenue water and energy consumption;
- River and water body rejuvenation to enhance liveability, resilience and economic development;
- Water quality monitoring and management;
- Sewage/wastewater treatment including circular economy for reuse/recycling of wastewater, including comprehensive sludge management and maximizing use of renewable energy in field of water supply and sanitation;
- Climate change mitigation and adaptation, including nature based solutions.
- River centric urban planning including urban flood management
- Nature based liquid waste abatement measures for peri-urban and rural areas.
The MoU will thus broadly strengthen cooperation in the field of water resources development and management; rural water supply; and sewage/wastewater treatment through direct collaboration between officials, academics, water sectors and industry in the areas under scope of cooperation.
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