JanaJal

The company

JanaJal Water on Wheels (JJWOW) provides mobile water ATMs for middle- and low-income groups, as well as small vendors, food carts, shops and business owners.

The problem

In Delhi, 1.8 million people live in 800 slums without a secured, piped water connection. Despite demand and willingness to pay for safe water, they must buy water from unreliable sources that lack quality assurance and are unable to reach many areas. These sources are often considerably more expensive than water provided by the utility.

GSMA project

In March 2022, JanaJal received a GSMA grant to trial and launch 25 of its Water on Wheels (WOW) vehicles. Each JJWOW is IoT-enabled and distributes up to 3,000 litres of water per day. It offers real-time monitoring of water quality, customer orders and even monitors the qualitative and quantitative aspects of water dispensed, remotely supported by its proprietary tech platform JJSUITE.

Outcomes

More than 300 WOWs are operating as of April 2025.

Traction

As of March 2025, more than 17,000 users have made at least one transaction, just over 5,000 of whom are women.

A message from the founder

“The support from the GSMA has enabled us to penetrate densely populated sections of Delhi which would have otherwise been a challenge in terms of undergoing the compliance process to set up static water ATMs.”

– Dr. Parag Agarwal, Founder