After attending seminars/events under the Technical Knowledge Exchange Programme in South Africa recently, Municipal Corporation Commissioner Shena Aggarwal here on Tuesday said the civic body would focus on saving water in the city.
She said the MC would also run awareness campaigns to save water in the city soon.
A team from Punjab, including MC Commissioner Shena Aggarwal and Superintending Engineer Ravinder Garg, visited South Africa from May 23 to 27. She shared information that how a city in South Africa recovered from drought. Drought like conditions can be essiely fought with community efforts. That city was badly hit by drought a few years ago.
Aggarwal said South Africa took special measures to save water. Water meters had been installed there to control the use of water.
Water metering is the practice of measuring water use. Water meters measure the volume of water used by residential and commercial building units that are supplied with water by a public water supply system. They are also used to determine flow through a particular portion of the system.
As the MC is supposed to launch its 24x7 surface water supply (through the Sidhwan canal) project, funded by World Bank, soon, the officials learnt about the surface water supply system in South Africa.
During the five-day programme, the World Bank and the South African administration held events based on various topics such as urban management, water service delivery, municipal finance, intergovernmental fiscal transfers and climate change in South African cities of Pretoria and Cape Town.
The team from Punjab was briefed on the new research on these topics, said Ravinder Garg.
Notably, a proposal to install water meters in the city was opposed in the MC House in the past. Many councillors of different political parties had opposed such a proposal.
Notably, a proposal to install water meters in the city was opposed in the MC House in the past. Many councillors of different political parties had opposed such a proposal.