Public CompanyChennai to get second desalination plant
VA Tech Wabag Ltd to build the Rs 1,033-crore project
- Va Tech Wabag eyes acquisition
VA Tech Wabag Ltd will build a water desalination plant on the East Coast Road, near Chennai. The proposed Rs 1,033-crore project will be funded by the government.
Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, company managing director Rajiv Mittal said the project was coming up at Nemili on 40 acres of land to be allotted by the government. It would have a capacity of 100 million litres a day (MLD).
The plant, to be constructed on a DBO (design, build and operate) basis, will be commissioned in 24 months. The company has also entered into a seven-year contract for operations and maintenance of the plant.
The plant will convert sea water into fresh potable water, which will be supplied to the southern suburbs of Chennai including the entire stretch of IT Corridor, Thiruvanmiyur, Pallipattu, Velachery, MRC Nagar and Kelambakkam.
Mittal said the company would develop the project along with the joint venture partner IDE Technologies.
This is the second desalination plant for Chennai, being constructed to ease the city’s water problems.
VA Tech Wabag offers sea and brackish water desalination technologies. Its order book currently stands at around Rs 1,000 crore.