New Delhi, Nov 12 (PTI) The Delhi government is collaborating with IIT Kanpur to develop the country’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-driven urban water management model.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on Wednesday between the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and IIT Kanpur’s Airawat Research Foundation (ARF), India’s National AI Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Cities, an official statement said.

Water Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh, senior DJB officials and representatives of IIT Kanpur Foundation attended the signing ceremony, the statement said.

The collaboration is non-financial and non-binding, with both institutions committing to research, data integration and the deployment of AI technologies to modernise and streamline Delhi’s water and wastewater management systems,

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