Public Health Engineering Department and UNICEF jointly organized State Level Award Event “Sreshtha Jal Parikhagar Puraskar” on July 10, 2019 at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, New Town, Kolkata. West Bengal is the first state in the country to organize a state level award ceremony to felicitate rural drinking water testing laboratories. The award event was inaugurated by Shri Shyamal Santra, Hon’ble Minister of State, Public Health Engineering Department, Govt. of West Bengal. The award event was attended by state level dignitaries from Public Health Engineering Department, renowned academicians and scientists from reputed academic institutes, district level officials from Public Health Engineering Directorate, representatives from UNICEF, representatives of agencies working with Public Health Engineering Department that are involved in water quality monitoring related work, laboratory personnel and facilitators from twenty two districts except Kolkata.
Hon’ble Minister of State, Public Health Engineering Department, Govt. of West Bengal, Shri Shyamal Santra, released “Sreshtha Jal Parikhagar Puraskar – Rural Drinking Water Quality Laboratory Assessment Guidelines” that will guide the Department to carry out laboratory assessments in future.
State Level Referral Laboratory, top performing district and sub-district level laboratories were felicitated with trophies, mementos and certificates by the invited dignitaries.
