New Delhi, June 13 (FN Agency) Delhi Government and Denmark will explore avenues of collaboration in groundwater recharge use stubble as an alternative for power generation in the national capital, a statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said. “A delegation of experts led by the Ambassador of Denmark Freddy Swain met CM Arvind Kejriwal at the Secretariat today. They gave a detailed presentation and apprised him of modern technologies for recharging groundwater through rainwater and generating power from paddy stubble,” a statement issued from the CMO said. “A delegation of experts led by Ambassador of Denmark H.E. Shri Freddy Swain met with CM Shri Arvind Kejriwal at Delhi Secretariat today. Delhi and Denmark will explore possibilities of collaboration in areas of groundwater recharge & power generation from paddy straw,” Kejriwal tweeted after the meeting.
Quoting Delhi CM, the statement said that the city government is keen to implement new solutions to augment the capital’s water supply capacity. “The Delhi Government will soon implement state-of-the-art solutions to enhance the state’s groundwater recharge and extraction infrastructure. Delhi depends on neighbouring states for raw water. We want to make Delhi self-sustainable by radically increasing the water table by recharging groundwater,” the statement quoted Kejriwal. The presentation from the Embassy of Denmark came in the backdrop of a recently held meeting between Kejriwal and Swain where the Delhi CM had sought a presentation from Danish experts on their successful sustainability solutions in the fields of water, pollution & power.
During the presentation, Kejriwal asked the delegation to present models as per which the groundwater recharge and extraction could be implemented in Delhi as both short-term and long-term solutions, according to the statement. “We expect the monsoon to arrive by August and stay till mid-September. The Delhi Government is working on a war-footing to provide 24×7 water supply to every household in Delhi. We are keen to implement a solution where we can expand the ambit of groundwater recharge & conservation by this monsoon itself. We are looking to implement certain projects in mission mode to store rainwater and recharge groundwater on a large scale,” said Kejriwal.