Essel Infraprojects Ltd, (EIL) part of Dr. Subhash Chandra led diversified conglomerate Essel Group announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to forge a strategic partnership with Canada based Clearford Water Systems Inc., to bring Clearford’s proprietary all-in-one wastewater collection and treatment system (Clearford One) to India. 

The MoU was signed on February 5th in presence of  Ms. Kathleen Wynne, premier of Canadian state of Ontario, who is leading a trade mission from her state to India.

“We are pleased to announce our alliance with Clearford Water Systems as we believe that this partnership will best complement our efforts in offering integrated citizen services by deploying state-of-the-art water distribution and management systems.  We are committed to adopt and develop new technologies to provide a wider range of offerings to our customers” said Pankaj Thapliyal, President of B2C division of Essel Group.

Speaking about the signing, Ontario’s Premier Kathleen Wynne said, “Clearford is a great example of an Ontario company providing a technological solution that contributes to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Clean India Mission.” 

Under the terms of the two year non-exclusive agreement, Essel and Clearford will work together to identify projects to joint bid Clearford’s system for use in India. This will include assisting Clearford in identifying a village for a demonstration site and obtaining all necessary permissions, registrations, clearances and approvals to install Clearford One in India.

“We are looking forward to working with Essel Group in addressing the challenges many communities face with waste water collection and treatment throughout India, we believe Clearford One will make a significant contribution to addressing these challenges,” said Clearford’s President & CEO Kevin Loiselle. “We have already identified a series of projects in the state of Rajasthan and expect to submit joint proposals in the near future, Loiselle added.