Housing ministry to launch app for verification and funding of water connections

Almost 10% of the city water action plans of million-plus cities should be coming from public-private partnerships (PPPs) Under AMRUT 2, according to D Thara, Joint Secretary and Mission Director (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation - AMRUT), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

AMRUTAM app will be launched soon for verification and funding of water connections. Thara said that India needs a water platform to unify stakeholders.

“It is very important for capacities in the private sector to be augmented for any mission to succeed. Under AMRUT 2, 10% of the city water action plans of million-plus cities should be coming from public-private partnerships (PPPs),” said D Thara at the Sustainable Urban WASH Forum organized by the Toilet Board Coalition.


The Toilet Board Coalition India offered a virtual platform for discussion on an action agenda on Private Sector & Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH).

The event was a platform for business, government, and societal leaders to learn about sanitation economy solutions for their sector, citizens, and development agendas.

“From now on, states should work towards reusing at least 20% of the treated water. This would tie up water consumers to the treated water through water markets. There should be clear governance mechanism put in place even for the private sector to come in. We are focusing on getting 100% water treated in 500 cities and ensuring that the untreated water does not enter water streams,” Thara said

The private sector can help cities in maximizing their outcomes through minimal infrastructure.

“AMRUT 2 acknowledges that capacity building in the private sector is a critical need compared to public sector. We are going to come with a India water platform, unifying all stakeholders on a common platform. We are also developing an app called AMRUTAM where water connections entered by contractors will be eligible for verification and funding,” she added.

Venugopal Gupta, Director Accelerator & Investor Engagement, the Toilet Board Coalition, said that the world is not on track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 of clean water and sanitation.

“If this process needs to pick up pace, we will need a robust innovation pipeline, a friendly policy ecosystem, and widely accepted standards. Moreover, as we see in our accelerator program, we need partnerships between SMEs and large corporates that can bring the best of innovation and scale and unlock systematic demand in attracting increased investor participation,” Gupta said.