Centre defers clearance for 400 MLD desalination plant in Nemmeli – India The Environmental Assessment Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has deferred clearance for a proposal of the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board(CMWSSB) to set up a 400 MLD desalination plant at Nemmeli. The EAC will review the project only after a team to be set up undertakes a site visit and presents a report. The committee, however, has given CRZ clearance for a 150 MLD plant, while imposing a âpenaltyâ requiring CMWSSB to ânot only develop a robust shoreline erosion control and management mechanism of the area but also submit an undertaking [âŠ] Centre defers clearance for 400 MLD desalination plant in Nemmeli – IndiaDME GmbH2018-01-27T11:01:56+01:00
How rain-rich Chennai depends on the sea for its water supply ⊠At present, TN accounts for 24% of the total desalinated water capacity in India, second only to Gujarat. Experts meanwhile describe desalination as a âlast optionâ.S Janakarajan, professor at Madras Institute of Development Studies, says that seawater desalination was conceived for rich, rain-starved countries like those in West Asia. âChennaiâs average annual rainfall is well over 1,200 mm. It should ideally be the last resort which, in this case, is not,â Janakarajan said. With scant supply , water distribution is charted out daily by the CMWSSB.âOur planning [daily distribution] hinges on how much water the desalination plants supply [âŠ] How rain-rich Chennai depends on the sea for its water supplyDME GmbH2017-06-06T12:19:37+02:00