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 23 Mar. 2015 



 

 

 

The UN Secretariat General, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, UN-Habitat, UN-Development Program and many other UN Agencies disclosed on 20 March, in New-Delhi, the World Water Development report 2015. Through this report, the UN calls for :

1. Universal access to Water, sanitation and hygiene to reduce the burden of water-related diseases, to improve productivity and economic growth, and to reduce inequalities.
2. Appropriate legal and institutional frameworks to ensure a secure balance between water availability and use, and protect against pollution and over-abstraction for future generations.
3. Increased investment in water, because it generates social, economic, financial benefits that outweigh its costs.
4. Increased institutional capacity to ensure well-functioning governance structures
5. Managing and allocating water across competing developmental sectors
6. Adoption of the post-2015 sustainable development goals (SDGs) to generate progress.

   
**Veolia India was invited as a key actor at the forefront of this fight for universal access to water**  
We have compelling examples in Nagpur, and several Karnataka cities, where our on the ground action and social engagement show possible to supply continuous, 24/7 safe water through individual connections to more than 1 million slum dwellers.   
   
**“Water for development” is at the heart of Veolia’s own strategy**: our position paper “Water for prosperity: resourcing the world, together” shows how our five goals: Inclusiveness, Quality of Life cities, Circular Economy, Resilient Cities, and Smart cities, are concrete actions to support a genuine development, taking benefit of Veolia’s nexus approach, which tackles at the same time resources, energy and water.



 

 

 



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###  Launch of the World Water Development Report 2015 

 

 



 

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc2526/files/styles/carousel/public/image/2015/03/Patrick_Rousseau_CEO_Veolia_-_India_Jaco_Cilliers_UNDP_Resident_Representative_a.i._Director_-_India_0.JPG.webp?h=cd9fc9b0&itok=XwzKNcuW "Patrick Rousseau, CEO, Veolia - India & Jaco Cilliers, UNDP Resident Representative a.i. & Director - India")   





 

###  Patrick Rousseau, CEO, Veolia - India & Jaco Cilliers, UNDP Resident Representative a.i. & 

Director - India

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

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###  Patrick Rousseau, CEO, Veolia - India & Michel Jarraud, Chair, UN-Water 

 

 



 

   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc2526/files/styles/carousel/public/image/2015/03/Torgny_Holmgre_Executive_Director_Stockholm_International_Water_Institute_Patrick_Rousseau_CEO_Veolia_-_India_0.JPG.webp?h=55a5ccab&itok=GROOI2HV "Torgny Holmgre, Executive Director, Stockholm International Water Institute & Patrick Rousseau, CEO, Veolia - India")   





 

###  Torgny Holmgre, Executive Director, Stockholm International Water Institute & Patrick 

Rousseau, CEO, Veolia - India

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

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