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Desalination plant project report soon

K.Lakshmi

90 per cent of the Nemmeli project is to be funded under JNNURM

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IN FOCUS: The site at Nemmeli, 35 km from the city, identified for the desalination plant.

CHENNAI: The detailed project report for setting up a desalination plant in Nemmeli, located about 35 km south of Chennai, is likely to be submitted to Chennai Metrowater in a couple of days.

A Metrowater official said the project report was being prepared by Union Government enterprise Mecon Limited along with a Swiss firm ADECO for the 100-million-litre-a-day-capacity plant to be constructed using reverse osmosis method.

About 40 acres of land have been identified for the construction of the desalination plant.

The report to be presented would be scrutinised at meetings of review committee and technical expert committee.

After the internal appraisal process, the report would be submitted to the State nodal agency, Tamil Nadu Finance Infrastructure Development Corporation, by mid-January to receive financial assistance from the Central Government.

Once the funding under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) is sanctioned, work will commence immediately and be completed within 18 months. About 90 per cent of the project is to be funded under the JNNURM.

The preparation of the project report was entrusted to Mecon Limited about six months ago.

The report will comprise price estimate, details on raw water quality, various units to be constructed and the amount and discharge point of the waste water generated.

Details, including project cost, would be finalised during the next two weeks to facilitate measures seeking funding, the Metrowater official added.

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