Highways department officials said there was a rupture in the pipe underneath the radial road and it was fixed within a few hours.

“This caused only a very minor cave-in. We fixed it in a few hours once we got the news on Saturday,” an official said.

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Chennai MWSSB has begun work to lay pipelines to draw seawater and discharge brine from the upcoming third desalination plant at Nemmeli. The plant will have a capacity to treat 150 million litres of seawater a day (mld).

Over 50% of the construction of seawater intake sump, ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis, and dissolved air flotation, in the plant has been completed so far.

The CMWSSB has laid cofferdams (a structure that enables work to lay pipelines for the desalination plant).

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Areas such as Madhavaram, Manali, Tiruvottiyur, Ernavoor, Kathivakkam, Patel Nagar and Vyasarpadi will not get supply from the desalination plant.

Alternative arrangements have been made to supply water from the Puzhal water teatment plant for these areas.

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The company said that it is fully prepared to leverage the opportunities in these markets as it has technological expertise in the field.

It also said that the company is focusing on increasing the share of international contracts in its order book to 60% from the current 50%.

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The authorities have already sent a detailed project report (DPR) to the government and are waiting for approval.

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, during his recent visit to Ongole, had promised to sanction a comprehensive project with an estimate of around Rs 400 crore to supply drinking water to the city and other surrounding areas.

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