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A good fit and no need for a supporting Ahamed offered an example:
According to Ahamed, many vehicle, the ROI is achieved within “In Tamil Nadu, we have 18-20
corporations, which already have
three years.”
manufacturers use water valves some maintenance equipment
rather than valves meant exclusively Market growth and will be investing to fulfil the
for liquid waste. While these may remaining needs. But we also have
be cheaper, they will wear Although the law around 150 municipalities; out of
out within 18 months if banning manual these, Grades 2-4 may have not
used for the wrong scavenging has yet reached a position where they
application; the existed for need to procure equipment, but all
correct valve will long, its the other grades have completed
last for 8-12 enforcement construction of sewer networks and
years. has been are new buyers for us.”
Such valves particularly According to Bhaskar, “High-
are specially stringent flow high-pressure pumps are the
engineered for in the most in demand, mostly from metro
drain cleaning recent past, cities, with some demand also
equipment, driving the coming in from Tier II cities like
preventing even adoption of Ahmedabad.”
the slightest amount mechanisation in
of liquid from leaking. sewer maintenance. After-sales
They are also easier to Since the launch of the
operate, with simpler opening and Swachh Bharat Mission, there With the volumes being sold in
closing. also has been a spurt in businesses India, it may not be feasible for a
manufacturing sanitation equipment manufacturer to also enter the after-
in India. Those who already sales parts market. This leaves a
Sustainability provided solid waste management gap in the service segment.
Up until recently, the water tank solutions have also entered the “As a brand, we place strong
of a truck had to be refilled from liquid waste management space. emphasis on offering after-sales
time to time, limiting its operations. The Smart City Mission and service for all our machines.
Bhaskar shared: “At the Waste AMRUT made funds available When we supply machines to any
Technology India Expo, we will to build sewerage infrastructure. part of India, we always have a
be exhibiting solutions that have Municipal corporations expanded backup engineer recruited for
in-built water recycling pumps. their existing drain network, that location”, said Ahamed. This
Such trucks can work continuously while smaller urban local bodies person can also cater to the after-
for as long as 10 hours, rather than constructed all-new sewerage sales service of other manufacturers
3-4 hours that is possible now. systems over the past 3-5 years, with parts from Whale Enterprise
With savings from water recycling, driving up the demand for – a win-win for both the company
reduced manpower requirements maintenance. and the engineer.

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