Hindustan Zinc’s Dariba Smelter Complex has been
recognized as “Noteworthy Water Efficient Unit”, “Within the Fence” category
during “National Award for Excellence in Water Management 2016” by CII
(Confederation of Indian Industry) on 27th September, 2016 in Delhi
at Hotel Le Meridian.
The Award was presented by Dr Anil Kakodkar - Member of
BARC & Chairman of Jury National Award for Excellence in Water
Management. 75 Industries applied for the award wherein 21 were short listed
and selected after due diligence at site and further presentation before the
jury members of the Award Categories.
Hindustan Zinc has witnessed 16% reduction in water consumption
from FY 2011 to FY 2016 with the initiatives like cloud seeding, adiabatic
cooling tower, multiple effective evaporator, deep cone thickener, air cooled
condensers, sewage treatment plant and rain water harvesting. Hindustan Zinc’s
Sewage Treatment Plant under PPP model commissioned in Udaipur is the first
sustainable development project of its kind in Rajasthan with a capacity to
treat 20 million litres of sewage per day. The Sewage Treatment Plant is
bringing substantial reduction in sewage inflow to the lakes.
On behalf of Hindustan Zinc, the award was received by Mr. Manoj
Agrawal – AGM, CPP, Mr. Ankit Mishra – AM, Environment and Mr. Rohit
Vijay – AM, Asset Optimisation.
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