Business Line 16.04.2013
TN Govt to set up Rs 1,000-cr desalination plant in Chennai
The plant would come up over 10.5 acres, currently lying vacant adjacent
to the existing desalination plant in Nemmeli along the East Coast
Road, Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa, said today.
drinking water is to come up adjacent to the Nemmeli desalination plant,
Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa announced in the Assembly today.
The additional capacity will come up at a cost of about Rs 1,000 crore
on the 10.5-acre vacant plot next to the existing desalination plant
which was formally inaugurated in February.
The plant, which is in operation, about 45 km South of Chennai on the
East Coast Road, now supplies about 100 million litres of fresh water
daily.
The additional capacity will supply drinking water to over 6.46 lakh
residents in the suburbs to the South of Chennai which were added to the
City Corporation limits.
A 200-million-litre-a-day desalination plant will also be established at
Pattipulam to the South of Chennai with provision to expand to 400
million litres. This unit will be set up within four years, she said.
The expanded portions of the city will also get over 225 km length of
integrated roads at a cost of Rs 290 crore, 1.10 lakh energy efficient
street lights at a cost of Rs 300 crore, and sewerage treatment plants
at a cost Rs 121 crore.