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| Ramky Enviro Engineers to Acquire Two Companies Abroad |
Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited (Ramky), a waste management company based in Hyderabad, India, has unveiled plans to acquire two foreign companies, one based in Australia and the other in Sweden. The buyout of the two companies, meant for giving Ramky the technological leverage in India, is expected to cost the company around $60 million. Ramky earlier acquired the Cleantech business from Sembcorp, a Singapore-based company.
It deserves here a mention that Ramky has also signed an agreement with GE Power and Water for using its ultra filtration (UF) and membrane bioreactor (MBR) technologies in recycling and wastewater treatment projects. In association with GE Power and Water, Ramky is also mulling over introducing mobile water treatment plants; a novel concept in India. The mobile water treatment plants will be suitable for meeting the emergency water requirements.
Currently pegged at $ 10 billion, the water management market in India is expected to continue with its double digit growth. |
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| Delhi Gets New Sewage and Water Treatment Plants |
With a view to meet the demands for water during the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in October, Shiela Dikshit, the Chief Minister of Delhi has recently inaugurated a sewage and a water treatment plant, near the Commonwealth Games Village. Set up by the Delhi Jal Board, both the Water Treatment Plant (WTP) and the Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) are of 1 MGD capacity.
Built as a zero liquid waste discharge plant at a cost of Rs. 35.20 crore, the WTP at Commonwealth Games Village will use groundwater to provide 1 MGD of water. To meet the environmental challenges and deal with the scarcity of drinking water supply, the treated waste water will be used for maintaining horticulture, flushing toilets, air conditioning, etc. However, the water treatment plant is also being criticised for using groundwater, which has already depleted significantly in the capital. The sewage treatment plant is also designed so as to provide minimum carbon footprints. |
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| Sulabh Foundation Toilet Technology to Go Places |
Sulabh Foundation, which has earned appreciation for its low cost toilet technology in India, is all set to introduce the innovative technology in 50 other developing countries spread across Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America.
The low cost two-pit toilet technology, developed by Sulabh Foundation is environment friendly as it can help in producing biogas, apart from saving water. While one of the two pits is used, the other is kept covered. The waste in covered pit dries up within a period of two years, making it suitable for use as fertilisers.
Bindeshwar Pathak, the Founder of the Sulabh Foundation, was awarded the Stockholm Water Prize for his significant efforts in improving sanitation and public health. According to Pathak, the Sulabh toilet technology is suitable to meet the challenges of global warming as it saves huge quantity of water and produces bio-fertilisers. |
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