DAYA News Bureau, 6 December 2022: Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP), the Durgapur unit of the Maharatna PSU SAIL (Steel Authority of India Limited) has recently been felicitated as the Winner of SUSTAIN AWARDS 2022 IN INDUSTRIAL WATER MANAGEMENT in the Best Large Companies category among the states of Ganga region. Mr. BP Singh, Director In-charge (Burnpur & Durgapur Steel Plant) received the prestigious award at an award presentation ceremony jointly instituted by the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC) and GIZ India.
The German Agency for International Cooperation or (GIZ) is an international enterprise owned by the German Federal Government, operating in many fields in more than 130 countries. GIZ has been working jointly with partners in India for sustainable economic, ecological, and social development for over 60 years.
India has been playing an important role in the formulation of the UN Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 mirrored on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Among all the goals, the most significant is ensuring access to clean water in the country through various programs like water conservation, industrial water management etc. by industrial sectors across India.
The recent felicitation program highlighted best practices in industrial water management across industries in Gangetic regions on innovative solutions for water management in industries.
DSP was selected for the award on being subjected to a three-tier screening process consisting of submission of application with preliminary information, screening of application and submission of relevant documents for assessment as per assessment parameters, on-site assessment and review of a selected application for jury decision.
The jury members were highly impressed with the best practices and facilities prevalent at Durgapur Steel Plant comprising Elaborate Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) at process units for treatment of waste water & further recycling them back into the system with 93% recycling efficiency. Other factors that played a key role for DSP being selected the winner are, well-equipped five environmental laboratories inside plant premises, using evolving water efficient processes for maximising rainwater harvesting, conducting frequent water audits followed by implementing suggestions & recommendations of the audit reports, developing eleven model villages in periphery areas of Durgapur aimed at improving social quality, free medical health care for people below poverty line and promoting renewable energy through installation of rooftop solar units on major buildings of DSP thereby approximately achieving 7% extra savings in electrical energy consumption in 2021-22 for water management compared to 2019-20 figures.