Vishvaraj Environment Limited

Who we are

We are an ESG-focused water utility. We are social entrepreneurs who contribute to Water Sustainability and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, leading to water security. Our vision is to align with the larger cause of public benefit. This has helped create not only sustainability for all but also a sustainable business for Vishvaraj.

focus on the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) route to come up with sustainable solutions with the support of the Government, our experience has also resulted in a “4P model”, where we have successfully integrated People as the central of our planning & focus, to help us build better solutions each day. We see huge opportunities in process improvement & effective implementation to elevate the standard of living for the underprivileged. Our mission is to be Sustainable, Efficient and Accountable to People. We work towards building a society where every person has access to 24x7 uninterrupted supply of clean & safe drinking water. We pioneered India’s first successful full city project – 24x7 water supply to Nagpur, benefiting 2.7 million people....
We are focused on building positive water security cycles through infrastructure. We pride ourselves on executing the first PPP project in India that provides tertiary treated water to thermal power stations, freeing up 190 MLD of fresh water that can take care of population growth for the next 25 years of the city of Nagpur.
With more than 20 years of experience, we are spearheading social change through water to improve the lives of over 43 million people in the country. We have a combined operating capacity of over 3,057 MLD across 42 water and wastewater treatment & reuse plants. Recently, we expanded our footprint overseas by winning a project in Maldives.
Today VEL is amongst the top 50 global private water operators (GWI ranking) and has received several awards, including one for best practice by the Prime Minister of India.

Our Services

Drinking Water Supply

Building and operating drinking water treatment plants and laying pipelines for supplying safe drinking water to taps across the country.

Wastewater Treatment

Building and operating sewage treatment plants for treating wastewater to ensure health and safety of the country’s population and water bodies.

Wastewater Reuse

Partnering with government and industries to re-use treated water for commercial purposes and help build a sustainable water cycle in the country

Automation and O&M

Operation and maintenance of treatment plants along with investments into new water related technologies and processes to increase efficiency.

Irrigation

Enabling efficient irrigation through piped supply systems, bringing assured water to farmers and supporting a more resilient rural economy.

Renewable Energy

Enabling clean, reliable energy supply, strengthening local communities, and promoting long-term sustainability.

50 MLD Water Reuse Project in Chandrapur

Augmented Sewage Treatment Plants to match quality of treated water for Thermal Power Station, saving 50MLD water for city residents

Water and Sewerage facilities in Maldives

Worked with Maldives Ministry of Planning, Housing, and Infrastructure to augment water and sewerage network for 6 islands

Smart Metering in Mumbai

Worked with Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai to automate and centralize control of city's water assets

200 MLD STP with 190 MLD Reuse project in Nagpur

Worked with Nagpur Municipal Corporation to develop 200MLD STP and India's largest re-use facility for thermal power plants

NMCG Maheshsthala

Working with NMCG to develop 35 MLD STP at Maheshtala, Kolkata along with its maintenance for 15 years

Our Impact

Emancipation of women and children

When people do not have a safe and reliable water source direct to their home, then it is often women and children that are responsible for collecting water. School attendance in India decreases when children are required to spend hours collecting water. A 22 per cent increase in school drop-out rates has been reported in drought-affected states. Close to 54 per cent of rural women – as well as some adolescent girls - spend more than an hour getting water every day, equivalent to the loss of 27 days’ wages over a year. By providing running water through taps we help free up time for these women, so they can be gainfully employed and contribute to the household's income, or devote time to their children, so they can attend and stay in schools and progress in life

Prevent water borne diseases and resulting economic loss

More than 20% of diseases in this country are water borne. Waterborne diseases have an economic burden of approximately US$600 million a year in India. A major reason for this is release of untreated sewage into water bodies. Environmentally, also this is one of the main causes of severe water pollution in our country. Our sewage treatment plants ensure that water is properly treated and safe before being released into the environment to help reduce this loss of person days and environmental contamination. In some cases we also facilitate reuse by Industry

Testimonials

For Nagpur 200 MLD STP

The water is not only being treated but is also being reuse through this project in Nagpur. If other cities replicate this project there will not be any struggle to augment the water sources for the city for many years.

Pawan Labshetwar - Head Scientist, NEERI

Basavakalyan 24x7 Water Supply

Due to this 24x7 water supply project, now the people have a lot of time for productive works which will help them improve their life

Mr. Shivkumar, Commissioner – City Municipal Council, Basavakalyan.

For Nagpur 24x7 Water supply

We get continuous water and we are very happy, we got what we wanted – regular water supply at our home.

Slum Resident

For Nagpur 200 MLD STP

The best aspect of the project is that we get share from the sale of treated water and it will become a self financed project if the operator is able to sell entire 200 MLD water. It not a technology centric project but it is a human centric project as a man cannot live without water and making people aware that saving every drop matters makes this project human centric.

Shravan Hardikar - Commissioner, Nagpur Municipal Corporation

For Nagpur 24x7 Water supply

The city had varied water supply from alternate days in some areas to 12 hours a day in some areas, we are happy to achieve equitable water supply throughout the city from initial implementation of Nagpur 24x7 Water supply project.

Shri Pravin Datke - Mayor, Nagpur

For Nagpur 24x7 Water supply

We have achieved equitable water supply for the city through Nagpur 24x7 Water supply project.

Shravan Hardikar - Commissioner, Nagpur Municipal Corporation

For Nagpur 24x7 Water supply

This project has benefited us, our children by getting water to our doorstep. The fight over water has stopped as now we have tap at our door and we can use it whenever we want.

Slum Resident

Basavakalyan 24x7 Water Supply

Earlier, city had very less water supply and people had to put in lot of time for such a basic necessity. This project has allowed them to use their time in productive works

Mr. Sharnu Shalagar, MLA, Basavakalyan.

Shahabad 24x7 Water Supply

24x7 water supply project has not only benefited the local government body but also the common man which is the most important thing

Dr. K. Gurulingappa, Municipal Commissioner, Shahabad.

Bidar 24x7 Water Supply

This Scheme has enhanced the livelihood of Bidar citizens to a great extent

Mr. Ravindranath Angadi, Commissioner – City Municipal Council, Bidar.

For Nagpur 200 MLD STP

The project has so many benefits for the city – NMC does not have to invest into the project, untreated water gets reused and curbs the pollution in the city water resources and STP generates revenue for NMC.

Shri Pravin Datke - Mayor, Nagpur

Recent News

2023-01-01

"Mr. Arun Lakhani, CMD, Vishvaraj Environment Private Limited features on the cover page of Global Water Intelligence (GWI) Magazine January '23 issue"

Mr Arun Lakhani was interviewed by Global Water Intelligence, a Leading Global Water Media It is pertinent to mentioned that recently same GWI has ranked Vishvaraj at 20th Position of world’s top private Water Operators

2021-04-14

"We stand for water sustainability, reuse and recycling of water”: Arun Lakhani, CMD, Vishvaraj Environment Private Limited."

Arun Lakhani, Chairman and Managing Director of Vishvaraj Environment Private Limited recently sat with NewsX in an exclusive interview under its special segment called NewsX India A-List to talk about India’s first and the largest PPP on water reuse and recycling which was completed in record time during the pandemic and has recently been felicitated with the FICCI Water Award 2020 Vishvaraj Limited has a fresher outlook towards the overall management of the water cycle with a newly integrated PPP model into function

2019-12-05

"Mr. Arun Lakhani featured in CEO Magazine"

Vishavaraj Infrastructure features in World’s Top 50 private Water Operators – Global Water Intelligence (GWI)August 27, 2019 Pioneering Innovation in Indian Water Utility Sector – Water Today August 3, 2019 Vishavaraj Infrastructure features in World’s Top 50 private Water Operators – Global Water Intelligence (GWI)August 27, 2019 Pioneering Innovation in Indian Water Utility Sector – Water Today August 3, 2019

The CEO Magazine in its December 2019 – January 2020 issue has published Mr Arun Lakhani’s interview

2021-09-29

"Water Projects are indeed more of social projects than commercial ones, Says Arun Lakhani, Chairman & MD, Vishvaraj Group"

Interview of Arun Lakhani, Chairman & MD, Vishvaraj Group The Population growth, urbanization, industrialization and modernization of farming have led to immense pressure on water as a resource

Vishvaraj Environment, the flagship company of the Vishvaraj Group, is an ESG-focused water utility “We are social entrepreneurs who contribute to Water Sustainability, Wastewater Treatment, and Reuse, leading to water security Our vision is to align with the larger cause of public benefit

2019-08-03

"Pioneering Innovation in Indian Water Utility Sector – Water Today"

NEW DELHI: Speaking at today’s Delhi Economic Conclave that was inaugurated by Hon Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, The Hon Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, to T Shanmugaratnam praised work done by OCW for water saving initiatives and 24X7 water supply which is an examplefor India and beyond

Expressing his gratitude to T Shanmugaratnam, Hon Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore who was speaking at Delhi Economic Conclave 2017, which was inaugurated today by Hon Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley Arun Lakhani, CMD, Vishvaraj Infrastructure,aid, “We are pleased that our efforts and work is being recognized at International level as well

2021-11-17

"Mr. Arun Lakhani participated as speaker in panel on "Reuse and recycling of Water in cities – Promoting circular economy"

Water is vital to India’s economic growth, well-being of its people and overall sustainability, but India is a water-scarce country with risks of drought and diminishing groundwater reserves By 2030, India's water demand is projected to be twice its available supply, implying severe scarcity and an eventual 6 percent loss in the country's GDP The government is therefore determined to invest in water supply, which is creating huge business opportunities

The Central and state government have been implementing a range of projects focused on groundwater recharge, responsible use of water for agriculture and use of technologies such as micro-irrigation

2021-08-31

"Mr. Arun Lakhani participated as speaker in Panel on "Reviving PPPs""

In a panel discussion on 'Reviving Public-Private Partnerships' with Jayakishan K, Infrastructure Development Corporation (Karnataka) Ltd , Amit Kapur, J Sagar Associates, Arun Lakhani, Vishvaraj Environment Limited, Sujjain Talwar,Alok K Brara

2021-08-26

"SIWI Stockholm World Water Week 26th August 2021 - Mr. Arun Lakhani shared his views in the session on "Zero liquid discharge cities" hosted by NMCG"

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Emphasising a focus on developing policies and other operational interventions to achieve zero liquid discharge (ZlD) at city level, Director General, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) Rajiv Ranjan Mishra on Thursday said tackling implementation challenges for reuse of treated wastewater will help achieve the goal

Touching upon the work done within NMCG in collaboration with industries and ministries, Mishra said this is an aspirational topic and industries are already being mobilised to achieve it

2021-10-24

"Everything About Water Oct 2021 e-magazine featured article on Wastewater treatment by Arun Lakhani"

While the world continues to fight COVID-19,there is another long-term existential threat that requires equallyurgent global attention Climate Change is intensifying and it is exacerbating water stress across the globe, thereby endangering the lives of millions Water availability is becoming less predictable in many places, and increased incidences of flooding threaten to destroy water points and sanitation facilities and contaminate water sources
The situation in India is quite critical India has the dubious honor of being the world’s 13th most water stressed country in the worldand has and has more than three times the population of the other 17 extremely highly stressed countries combined1

2024-03-18

"CRISIL Ratings has upgraded its ratings on the bank facilities of Vishvaraj Environment Private Limited (VEPL) to ‘CRISIL A/Stable/CRISIL A1’"

The credit rating upgrade by CRISIL to A1 reflects the overall improvement in the credit risk profile of the organisation It signifies established market position in water and wastewater management industry,
healthy order book with reputed counterparties and healthy net worth and adequate debt protection metrics

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Making India Sujalam Sufalam once again

'People' centric sustainable water utility - 4P model (Public-Private-Partnership + People)

“Supporting UN’s SDG- 6 – ensuring access to safe drinking water and sanitation for all”

Improving quality of life for millions of citizens

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Who we are

Our Services

Drinking Water Supply

Wastewater Treatment

Wastewater Reuse

Automation and O&M

Irrigation

Renewable Energy

Our Projects

50 MLD Water Reuse Project in Chandrapur

Water and Sewerage facilities in Maldives

Smart Metering in Mumbai

200 MLD STP with 190 MLD Reuse project in Nagpur

NMCG Maheshsthala

Our Impact

Emancipation of women and children

Prevent water borne diseases and resulting economic loss

Testimonials

For Nagpur 200 MLD STP

Basavakalyan 24x7 Water Supply

For Nagpur 24x7 Water supply

For Nagpur 200 MLD STP

For Nagpur 24x7 Water supply

For Nagpur 24x7 Water supply

For Nagpur 24x7 Water supply

Basavakalyan 24x7 Water Supply

Shahabad 24x7 Water Supply

Bidar 24x7 Water Supply

For Nagpur 200 MLD STP

Recent News

"Mr. Arun Lakhani, CMD, Vishvaraj Environment Private Limited features on the cover page of Global Water Intelligence (GWI) Magazine January '23 issue"

"We stand for water sustainability, reuse and recycling of water”: Arun Lakhani, CMD, Vishvaraj Environment Private Limited."

"Mr. Arun Lakhani featured in CEO Magazine"

"Water Projects are indeed more of social projects than commercial ones, Says Arun Lakhani, Chairman & MD, Vishvaraj Group"

"Pioneering Innovation in Indian Water Utility Sector – Water Today"

"Mr. Arun Lakhani participated as speaker in panel on "Reuse and recycling of Water in cities – Promoting circular economy"

"Mr. Arun Lakhani participated as speaker in Panel on "Reviving PPPs""

"SIWI Stockholm World Water Week 26th August 2021 - Mr. Arun Lakhani shared his views in the session on "Zero liquid discharge cities" hosted by NMCG"

"Everything About Water Oct 2021 e-magazine featured article on Wastewater treatment by Arun Lakhani"

"CRISIL Ratings has upgraded its ratings on the bank facilities of Vishvaraj Environment Private Limited (VEPL) to ‘CRISIL A/Stable/CRISIL A1’"

'People' centric sustainable
water utility - 4P model
(Public-Private-Partnership + People)

Improving quality of life for
millions of citizens