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Solar stills installed on Kurusadai island

ADDED AMENITY: S. Shenbagamoorthy, Warden, Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, and C. Palaniappan, general secretary, Planters Energy Network, inspecting the solar stills installed on the Kurusadai island, on Wednesday.

KURUSADAI ISLAND (GULF OF MANNAR): To supply potable water to forest watchers and personnel of enforcement agencies deployed on inaccessible islands off the Ramanathapuram coast, the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park has installed 12 solar stills on the Kurusadai Island.

This is for the first time that the environment friendly solar stills have been established on an island of the Rameswaram coast, which is considered a highly saline zone.

The stills, which convert brackish and saline water into potable water, have been installed at a cost of Rs.2 lakh with the money meant for the conservation and management of parks.

“The stills have started functioning. These will come in handy for providing pure water to personnel of the enforcement agencies, who mount vigil round the clock to prevent illegal activities on the protected islands,” says S. Shenbagamoorthy, Warden, Gulf of Mannar National Marine Park.

C. Palaniappan, general secretary, Planters Energy Network, who has executed the project, said each still could produce 3.5 litres of pure water a day.

Of the 20 units proposed, 12 units had been installed, and the rest would be established soon.

Mr. Shenbagamoorthy said solar stills would be installed in phases in the Gulf of Mannar.

Though there was not much of human effort needed for operating the stills, forest watchers would man them. Besides two more anti-poaching camps, a protection shed would be constructed on an island at a cost of Rs.4 lakh.

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