An initiative for welfare of people who maintain sanitation. Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoUHA) has launched "Technology Challenge: Identifying solutions for cleaning of
Sewerage Systems and Septic Tanks" to promote suitable techniques for cleaning sewers and septic tanks in a way in which it eliminates the need for human entry in them.
More about the Challenge:
- The main objective of the challenge is to eliminate human intervention in cleaning of sewers and septic tanks.
- It also aims to identify technological as well as business process innovations to avoid human intervention in cleaning of sewers and septic tanks.
- It will also endorse viable business models that are suitable for different size, geographies, and class of cities.
The challenge will be conducted for two separate categories.
1. Category A:
- Technological solutions for cleaning and maintenance of sewerage systems to eliminate need for human entry.
2. Category B:
- Technological solutions for cleaning and maintenance of septic tanks to eliminate need for human entry.
- The challenge will be part of Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention that will be held on October 2, 2018.
- Individual innovators, consortium partners, companies, academic institutions, R&D centers, NGOs, Parastatal and municipal bodies can participate in this challenge.
- Special jury comprising experts from MoUHA, faculty from IITs/IIMs and representatives of leading civil society groups will evaluate and scrutinize the technological solutions submitted by participants.
A broad criteria for evaluation of proposals will be taken into considerations such as:
- Operational Effectiveness of Technology
- Life or Durability of Machinery
- Ease of Use (Automation)
- Ease of Availability and Economies of Scale
- Adaptability and Versatility
- Made in India
- Environmental Sustainability
