Nearly 98% of the work on the Nemmeli desalination plant, with a capacity to treat 150 million litres of seawater daily (MLD), has been completed.
WD News: Work on Chennai city’s third desalination plant at Nemmeli has been accelerated, with the construction of the remaining 200 metres of the pipeline that will be used to draw seawater, expected to be completed soon.
Shiv Das Meena, Additional Chief Secretary of, the Municipal Administration, and Water Supply department, recently inspected the site and asked the officials to finish the Rs. 1,516.82-crore project within the stipulated time. The pipeline of 2,250-mm diameter to draw seawater runs for a distance of nearly 1 km.
Similarly, a small portion of the 36-meter-long 1,600-mm diameter pipeline to discharge brine from the plant is yet to be completed. It is said to be the largest offshore pipeline network for a desalination plant in India.
Mr. Meena reviewed the progress of work on the pipeline laid for 48.10 km to convey treated water to the nearby areas. He also visited the site where the fourth desalination plant is set to come up at Perur along East Coast Road.
Source & image courtesy: The Hindu
