Jerusalem: Visiting Israeli Prime Minister
will present his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi a special
gift - the Gal-Mobile water desalinisation and purification
jeep the two leaders rode on Israel's Olga beach last year.
The jeep has reached India, sources here confirmed.
"It has reached Delhi and is on its way to Bhuj," sources
here said.
"There will be a live demonstration of desalination of
sea water that the two Prime administers will witness through
video conferencing from the iCreate centre on Janaury 17,"
they said.
Netanyahu and Modi waded into the Mediterranean Sea and
rode the "buggy" jeep on the coast during the latter's visit
to Israel in July last year.
The jeep is said to cost around 390,000 shekels
(approximately USD 111,000).
Gal-Mobile is an independent, integrated water
purification vehicle, designed to produce high-quality
drinking water. It can be useful in natural disasters like
floods, earthquakes, military use in difficult terrain and
rural areas to provide drinkable water.
It can purify up to 20,000 litres per day of sea water
and 80,000 litres per day of brackish/muddy or contaminated
river water and bring it to WHO standards.
Modi and Netanyahu had witnessed the demonstration of sea
water purification technology pioneered by Israel at a water
desalination unit on the Olga Beach during the Indian Prime
Minister's visit to Israel.
"When you and I walked shoeless along the Mediterranean
shore, we drank sea water that was purified before our eyes
using technology that will save untold lives. India and Israel
are working together to provide clean water, to increase crop
yields, to keep our people safe from terrorism and other
challenges to the future we both seek," Netanyahu said
yesterday in New Delhi.
Modi at the India-Israel Business Summit yesterday said
Israel's technology for land, water or space has won
appreciation.
"In fact, hailing from a water deficient state in India,
I have particularly admired Israel s water efficiency," he had
said.
PTI
