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250 water bodies in TN’s industrial estates to be restored with IIT-M help – India

With a view to de-risking industries from water shortage, the Tamil Nadu government has decided to rehabilitate around 250 water bodies lying currently in disuse in the various land parcels owned by the state’s industry promotion body, SIPCOT.

The state government is taking the help of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras for this purpose, N Muruganandam, Principal Secretary ,Industries department , Government of Tamil Nadu, said today.

“With the restoration of these water bodies along with the planned tertiary treatment […]

250 water bodies in TN’s industrial estates to be restored with IIT-M help – India2020-03-01T21:23:07+01:00

Andhra Pradesh’s desalination plants look paradoxical – India

The news that Andhra Pradesh is planning to go in for desalination plants in the State with Israeli technology comes as a surprise in fact. Desalination plants are a solution to the water problem no doubt, but for Andhra Pradesh to mull the same is ironical.

Andhra Pradesh is not exactly a water deficit State by any yardstick. Its problem is the run-off waters. Nearly 3,000 tmcft water flows waste into the sea every year through the Godavari and the Krishna rivers.

Andhra Pradesh’s desalination plants look paradoxical – India2020-02-28T10:04:51+01:00

Andhra plans desalination plants with Israeli technology – India

The Andhra Pradesh government plans to set up desalination plants along coastal districts in collaboration with Israeli company IDE Technologies to overcome the drinking water shortage in the state.

After a meeting with IDE Technoligies Deputy CEO Lizi Torenstine and other officials here on Wednesday, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said efforts to set up desalination plants was to ensure that not a single drop of water goes waste.

He pointed out that Israel is totally dependent on water through desalination.

Andhra plans desalination plants with Israeli technology – India2020-02-26T19:07:36+01:00

Woes watered-down – India

CHENNAI: On Tuesday, CE reported that due to the lack of water supply in the tenements at Perumbakkam Resettlement Colony, a group of people including 50 women from the Colony stood outside the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB), staging a protest, demanding basic needs including water. Soon, in response to the call of the residents, the TNSCB officials resumed water supply and told CE that they will ensure no further problem arises.

In line with the perennial water woes at the Resettlement Colony, the Slum Board […]

Woes watered-down – India2020-01-24T09:17:43+01:00

Chennai takes new strides towards water security – India

After undergoing one of the worst water crisis in its history, Chennai bounced back to come up with milestone projects that could make the city water secure in the long run.

With the four major reservoirs that supply drinking water to Chennai going bone dry and deficit rains during 2018, the city’s water supply was reduced 525 million litres a day (mld). It was one of the first Indian cities to run dry early this year.

As taps stopped flowing and water became […]

Chennai takes new strides towards water security – India2019-12-27T09:53:34+01:00

Foundation stone laid for 100 MLD desalination plant – India

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani laid the foundation stone for the country’s first desalination plant having a capacity of 100 MLD at Dahej Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR) in Bharuch district on 30 November 2019.

The plant is estimated to entail an investment of Rs 881 crore. The water from the plant will be supplied to industries in Dahej. Eight desalination plants will come up in Gujarat where sea water will be converted and made fit for industries, agriculture and drinking purpose. The […]

Foundation stone laid for 100 MLD desalination plant – India2019-12-06T14:33:35+01:00

Work on a third desalination plant in Nemmeli to begin by October-end – Asia

Work on constructing a third desalination plant at Nemmeli, along East Coast Road, is set to begin by the month-end.

The new plant, with a capacity to treat 150 million litres of sea water a day (mld), will come up on a 10.5-acre space on the same premises as the earlier 100-mld plant.

Metrowater officials said materials had been sought for the work to commence. The new plant too will employ the reverse osmosis process. But it will have additional components in the […]

Work on a third desalination plant in Nemmeli to begin by October-end – Asia2019-10-18T09:32:02+02:00

India’s ‘grave’ water crisis a result of misallocation, mispricing, mismanagement – India

According to NITI (of Government of India) Report (June 2018), India is now entering in to the phase of „acute water scarcity“ and if no adequate measures are taken, then the water demand would exceed water supply by the year 2030.

Also, the ground water resources in many cities including Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru would get exhausted. Water stress is rapidly turning in to water crisis. Water availability on the earth remains the same as it was 5000 years ago when mankind population was […]

India’s ‘grave’ water crisis a result of misallocation, mispricing, mismanagement – India2019-10-05T23:29:15+02:00

Centre mulling tapping wind power at low cost, says Nitin Gadkari – Hyderabad

Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari has said that the Central government proposes to generate wind power from Tuticorin, Kandla and Paradip ports. 

The plan includes establishing desalination plants at the three ports to solve the drinking water problem besides producing power at a rate of Rs 2.5 per unit, he said. He was speaking at the 34th annual convocation of Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) at Vellore on Saturday.

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Centre mulling tapping wind power at low cost, says Nitin Gadkari – Hyderabad2019-10-04T11:42:43+02:00
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