HINDUSTAN ZINC WINS INDIA TODAY - SAFAIGIRI AWARDS 2017

Hindustan Zinc has won the India Today Safaigiri Award 2017 under the category of Best Public Private Partnership (PPP) Model for project - Sewage Treatment Plant(STP), built in Udaipur. The award was presented by Hon'ble Vice President of India - Mr. Venkaiah Naidu and Founder & Editor-in-Chief of India Today - Mr. Aroon Purie, in a glittering ceremony held in New Delhi on 2nd October, 2017. The jury of the award were Mr. Shashi Tharoor – MP & Author, Mr. Aroon Purie – Chairman, India Today, Mr. Shubhagato Dasgupta - Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, Ms. Shilpa Shetty – renowned Actress, Mr. Vinayak Chatterjee - Co-founder, Feedback Infra Private Limited, Mr. T.V. Mohandas Pai – Chairman-Manipal Global Education and Ms. Neerja Birla – Founder and Chairperson-Aditya Birla Education Trust.
Mr. Pavan Kaushik presented the insight on the STP project to the audience which was very well received and the audience understood this project as a model to be replicated by the industries that need water for their operations. He spoke about how the project STP is cleaning lakes and rivers, replacing fresh water with treated water and how this has impacted the overall environment of Udaipur. Hon'ble Vice President also spoke about sustainable models for cleanliness. Hon'ble Prime Minister also sent a message that was read-out during the conference.
On behalf of Hindustan Zinc, the award was received by Mr. Pavan Kaushik - Head Corporate Communication, Mr. T.R. Gupta - AVP, Corporate Affairs and Ms. Devika Gupta - AM Corporate Communication.

DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION RECOGNIZED ZAWAR MINES

Zawar Mines has been recognized by District Administration Udaipur for its contribution in Water Conservation Project under PPP model ‐ Mukhya Mantri Jal Swavalamban Abhiyan on 3rd October, 2016. Mrs. Aruna Cheeta - CSR was recognized by Mr. Avichal Chaturvedi – CEO, Zila Parishad and Mr. C.R. Dewasi ‐ Additional District Magistrate at Zila Parishad Sabhagaar. Hindustan Zinc contributed in construction of RCC retaining wall at Baaraan village for conservation of rain water at dam to ensure availability of rain water for irrigation purpose throughout the year.

WATER CONCLAVE - 2016 ATTENDED BY HINDUSTAN ZINC

Mr. Rajeeb Swain - Head Environment presented HZL’s Best practices in Water ,anagement & Stewardship at the Water Conclave - 2016 organized by CII and PHED & Ground Water Department, Govt of Rajasthan on 7 Jul,y 2016 at Jaipur. His presentation highlighted about all HZL units being Zero Liquid Discharge compliant and showcased  various initiatives like Multiple effect evaporators to recover water from the RO rejects effluent, adiabatic coolers to reduce fresh water makeup in process cooling towers, use of deep cone thickeners to reduce evaporation losses from the tailing pond, which are taken to reduce specific water consumption at Mines & Smelters of HZL. He also discussed about Sewage Treatment Plant which is Udaipur’s First Sewage Treatment Plant under PPP (Public Private Partnership) Project and explained how being a Responsible Corporate,  HZL is  helping in cleaning the Lakes and reusing sewage water of city.

HINDUSTAN ZINC RECOGNIZED AS “NOTEWORTHY WATER EFFICIENT UNIT” DURING “NATIONAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN WATER MANAGEMENT 2016” BY CII

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 27^th 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.