The function Urban Mobility India, 2008 — a national conference on JNNURM, was organised on the third Anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

S Jaipal Reddy, Union Minister for Urban Development, was the Chief Guest of the occasion.

The awards were received by Mayor Pardeep Chhabra and Municipal Commissioner Dr Roshan Sunkaria.  

Chandigarh has the highest per capita quantum of water produced in the country at 332 litres per capita per day. Water is supplied to households from 16 to 19 hours daily in urban sectors and 8 to 10 hours in colonies and villages. The city has 100 per cent coverage with direct water supply connections of which 78 per cent are metered.

The cost recovery in water supply is 73 per cent. The MC has also undertaken a project of atomisation of water supply system under the JNNURM. The project consists of providing supervisory control and data acquisition of all water works and tubewells by installing surveillance system, electromagnetic flow meters, sluice valves with actuators, depth sensors, pressure indicators compatible with GSM-based software at an estimated cost of Rs.20.26 crore. The project is likely to be completed by December next year.

The award for best sewerage and drainage services has been given to Chandigarh for being the only city in India which has prepared a concrete action plan to treat its sewage effluent as per the Central Water Pollution Control Board standards before its disposal into natural streams. The coverage of waste water network is 100 per cent. Around 59 per cent of the waste water is treated for secondary treatment and 14.25 per cent of waste water is recycled which is used for irrigation purposes in green belts, parks etc. The cost recovery in waste management is 80 per cent.

The MC is also executing a project for conservation of drinking water by harvesting tertiary treated sewage for irrigation of green spaces under JNNURM at Rs 36.80 crore. For this project, a 50 MLD Sewage Tertiary Treatment Plant is being installed at Diggian which will treat sewage water up to tertiary level.

The Mayor and Municipal Commissioner said the awards were representation of the work done by the officials and representatives.