In remembrance of M Visvesvaraya, recipient of Bharat Ratna, Delhi Jal Board celebrated Engineer’s Day on Tuesday. Every year the day is celebrated at large scale, commemorating the contribution made by the eminent personalities in engineering parlance.

Keeping social distancing and the current crisis in mind, DJB cherished the essence of this day by naming the Andrews Ganj building as DJB Engineers Bhawan by Chairman (DJB), Satyendar Jain in presence of Vice Chairman (DJB), Raghav Chadha, Kasturba Nagar MLA Madanlal, CEO(DJB) Nikhil Kumar, Member (Water), Member (Drainage), Member (Administration), Member (Finance) and other officers.

India celebrates this day every year to mark the birth anniversary  of Visvesvaraya, the engineering pioneer of India. Fondly known as Sir MV or the Builder of India, Visvesvaraya was born in 1860 in Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka.

DJB Engineers Bhawan is a four storied building situated at Andrews Ganj and shall be used as public grievance redressal office regarding water, wastewater, etc. for the residents of South Delhi. The knowledge dissemination regarding RWH and various other DJB schemes for the benefit of the residents can also be availed from there.

 On the occasion, Jain said, “We are equipped with engineers, who work round the clock to make Delhi a better place by bringing it into the ambit of water and wastewater services and providing state-of-the-art technology. In future DJB will provide consultancy services to other states and countries. Creativity and innovation are two important aspects that should be kept in mind with every project.”

On closing the event, Shalabh Kumar, President of The Engineers Association, DJB Delhi and Member (Water) DJB assured Jain that their resolution to work in the interest of the people will always be intact along with striving for betterment.