India, Nov. 13 -- The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Wednesday signed an agreement with IIT-Kanpur for development of artificial intelligence (AI) based urban water management model for the capital, the government said.

DJB said that it will work with IIT's Airawat Research Foundation --India's National AI Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Cities -- to find solutions to urban challenges such as non-revenue water reduction, predictive maintenance of infrastructure, and real-time monitoring of water and sewage treatment plants (WTPs and STPs).

The MoU was signed in New Delhi in the presence of water minister Parvesh Verma, senior DJB officials and representatives of IIT Kanpur foundation. "MoU is non-financial and non-binding, with both insti...