Municipal Corporation got award for water – Photo: amar ujala digital 1679060331 Expansion A ceremony was held at Hotel Ek in New Delhi in partnership with the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Ministry of Forest and Climate Change, Government of India and UNESCO. In which Indore Municipality was selected as Water Warriors. Jal Shakti Ministry Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat selected for innovation in water harvesting at the ceremony. Water works in-charge Abhishek Sharma, social worker Suresh MJ were honored with award and citation. Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava It is said that this award has been received by the public participation of Indore. Indore Municipal Corporation has been selected as Water Warriors for innovation in water harvesting and Rain Water Harvesting. ) Corporation did geo tagging by installing rain water harvesting system on one lakh houses. Recharge zone or small pond and 8 channels were cleaned. Also 11 with desilting from large ponds MLD water is being reused so that every month 10 Corporation gets income of Rs.lakhs and saves approx. Rs.lakhs . Municipal Corporation will work for water recharge this year also. Areas where there is water logging. The water there will be lowered into the ground, so that the rainwater can seep into the ground. Many government buildings, gardens, government Water recharging units have already been installed in the schools. This work will be done in other places also this year. Apart from this, residents will also be motivated to drain rainwater from the roofs of their houses into the ground. The team that received the Water Award from Delhi handed over the award to the Mayor. Mayor Council member Rajesh Udawat, Mudra Shastri, Additional Commissioner Manoj Pathak, Abhay Rajangaonkar were present on this occasion.