Tuesday, April 19, 2011


Shri Vincent H. Pala Inaugurates 2nd Annual India H2O Conference

Shri Vincent H. Pala, Minister of State for Water Resources, today inaugurated the 2nd Annual India H2O Conference 2011 at Mumbai. The theme of this year’s 2-day Conference is ‘Managing India’s urban water supply and infrastructure’. The Conference is providing a common interactive platform for key urban water policymakers and practitioners – Government Officials, industry leaders and experts - to discuss and deliberate over challenges and opportunities in the distribution, water and wastewater treatment technologies; operational challenges in the administration of urban water and wastewater systems; and opportunities in Public Private Partnership (PPP). The Conference aims at evolving solutions towards better manageability and accountability of water in our cities.

On the first day of the Conference, a Report on the urgent requirement for reforms in urban water supply and infrastructure and the way forward through PPP was also released.

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