A new desalination plant will come up in north Chennai to cater exclusively to thermal units of Tangedco. State power minister P Thangamani announced this in the assembly on Thursday while replying to the debate on demands for grants for the electricity department.

Chennai already has two desalination plants at Minjur and Nemili, each with a capacity of 100 million litres per day (MLD).

Another plant with 150 MLD capacity will come up at Nemili. The one planned in North Chennai is the fourth desalination plant in Chennai. There are two thermal units with 600MW capacity each in North Chennai. The new unit will be set up at a cost of Rs 200 crore and will have a capacity of 10 MLD.

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