New Delhi: The Central Water Commission (CWC) has been honoured with the GEEF Global WaterTech Award under the category ‘Water Department of the Year’ at the prestigious Global Water Tech Summit - 2024 organised by the Global Energy and Environment Foundation (GEEF) in New Delhi.

The Global Awards recognise the most important achievements in the water sector in several categories to honour and reward initiatives in the water, wastewater, and desalination sectors on innovation, technology, conservation, and sustainable development.

The Global Energy and Environment Foundation acknowledged the Central Water Commission's (CWC) pivotal role in hydro-meteorological data collection, flood forecasting, reservoir storage monitoring, water quality monitoring, coastal area management, appraisal and monitoring of water resources projects, and resolving inter-state water issues.

Additionally, the foundation recognised several new initiatives taken by CWC, such as interactions with the Water Resources/Irrigation/Jal Shakti Departments of all the States/UTs to enhance synergy in the works being done by CWC and those undertaken by the States/UTs in various areas related to water resources. This would lead to better serving the needs of the States/UTs venturing into the field of Urban Hydrology by capacity building of the state officials, developing capabilities in the field of the Extended Hydrological Prediction (EHP), and in-house development of the mobile app ‘Floodwatch India’ for dissemination of flood-related information to the public at large.

While receiving the award at the summit, Chairman of CWC, Kushvinder Vohra, presented an insightful overview of the water resources scenario in India, highlighting the significant expectations from the industry to drive innovation and sustainability in water management. This recognition underscores CWC’s commitment to excellence and continuous efforts to advance water technology and resource management. /BI