NE BUSINESS BUREAU
AHMEDABAD, NOV 5
Toshiba Water Solutions Private Limited, an arm of Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation on Thursday announced receiving an order from Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board jointly with SUEZ India Pvt. Ltd, a release said.
The scope of work for the order entails procurement of Design, Construction, Commissioning of a 775 MLD Water Treatment Plant (WTP) at T.K. Halli, Karnataka, with Seven (7) years of O&M services. This project is part of Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Project (Phase 3) (1) funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the release added.
Commenting on this, Shyam J Bhan, CEO, SUEZ – APAC- India Region, said, “SUEZ is firmly positioned in India for over three decades and has built expertise aimed at helping the clients and cities manage water and sanitation for their residents. For this new contract for the city of Bengaluru, we thank BWSSB for their trust and confidence in us. Started way back in 1999 with the first WTP contract, and subsequently with two more projects in 2009 and 2015, and now 775 MLD, cumulatively we will scale it up to 2,350 MLD of safe drinking water for Bengaluru residents by 2023. We are also looking forward to Toshiba as a partner and jointly offer solutions that support the city in a long way.”
Speaking on the win, Koichi Matsui, Chairman, and Managing Director, Toshiba Water Solutions Private Limited said, “In line with Toshiba’s commitment to contribute to the establishment of sustainable water systems and the creation of environmentally advanced communities in India and around the world, we are happy to collaborate with SUEZ to provide water treatment solutions that will help in the development of clean water infrastructure in Bengaluru. TWS engages in EPC*4 and O&M*3 businesses for public water supply and sewage treatment plants and industrial water treatment facilities around the world, including in India, North and Central Americas, the Middle East, West Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa and elsewhere. Based on our experiences and capability, we would like to provide our best solutions for this project to provide safe and reliable water supply into Bengaluru, the center of India’s high tech industry.”
SUEZ and TWS will design and construct the TK Halli Water Treatment Plant, which will be sourced from the Kaveri River, for supplying water to the Bengaluru metropolitan area, Karnataka in south India.
