Punjab CM Amarinder Singh

PUNJAB CHIEF Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday had meetings with officials of Israel’s leading companies to explore investment opportunities and to assess the potential for collaboration in the state’s infrastructural, agricultural and water management sectors, said a government statement Monday.

It said the meeting prepared ground for collaborations between Punjab and Israel for state’s most vital areas of development.

The CM held a meeting with officials of Tyros International Group Ltd, and discussed possibilities of investment by the Group in the areas of energy, water, affordable housing, construction schools and hospitals.

“The officials briefed the Punjab delegation led by the Chief Minister on the work being done by the Group, which specialises in impact investments and projects, in India, where it has decided to open an FDI Fund dedicated for impact assessments as part of its future plans. Amarinder invited them for investment in Punjab,” said the statement.

The CM toured NaanDanJain Irrigation farms, studied the latest technologies being used by the micro-irrigation company on its farms to improve the quality and yield of various vegetables and fruits, and examined the potential for adopting the latest technologies used by the company to boost agricultural development in Punjab, said the statement.

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During the first day of his Israel trip, the Chief Minister also visited The Dan Region Wastewater Treatment Plant (Shafdan) and met officials of Mekorot, Israel’s National Water Company. The Shafdan is a complex inter-regional system that collects, treats and reclaims municipal wastewater in high density urban areas and industrial zones, and is the largest wastewater treatment plant in Israel.

The treated wastewater is sent to the Negev Desert and contributes to its development. More than 60 per cent of agriculture in the Negev is irrigated by Shafdan water.