Standard Chartered and Piramal Sarvajal’s commitment to provide access to safe drinking water
PRESS RELEASE Standard Chartered Bank and Piramal Sarvajal will be more than doubling their commitment to provide everyday access to safe drinking water to 300,000 people from the current 139,000 people. This will be achieved by setting up decentralised drinking water solutions and enhancing water security in remote rural areas across five states over the next three years. This partnership started three years back primarily committing itself to addressing access and quality issues in drinking water space in remote rural areas. The solution includes decentralised water purification units and 24×7, solar powered water ATMs, along-with community awareness and maintenance services as well as real-time online monitoring. The focus has always been on not only creating new community assets but also