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DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, MITIGATION AND REHABILITATION



         desalination  plants  located  at  Minjur  and  Nemmeli.    Transportation of water from Jolarpetto Chennai through    during  the  acute  shortfall  of  storage  from  March  to   it leads to an acute shortage in the reservoir level and
         During the normal season about 830 MLD of water will   rail  wagons  was  estimated  with  a  total  cost  for         November.                                             thereby affects water supply to the residents of Chennai.
         be supplied to Chennai city.                         transportation  of  10  MLD  of  water  for  a  period  of  6                                                           The  first  desalination  plant  of  100  MLD  capacity  on
                                                                                                                                Recycle and reuse of wastewater by Tertiary Treatment
                                                              months  as  Rs.  66  Crore. At  Jolarpet  Railway  Station,                                                             Design,  Build,  Own,  Operate  and  Transfer  Basis
         The year 2016 has faced the worst rainfall in the last 140                                                             Reverse Osmosis is a technology-driven intervention to
                                                              water has been filled in 50 Wagons each having a capacity                                                                (DBOOT) was established at Minjur in the year 2010 and
         years  in  Tamil  Nadu.  The  performance  of  North  East                                                             ensure uninterrupted supply of water to the industries.
                                                              of 55 KL and thus transporting 2.75 ML per trip and by                                                                  subsequently,  another  plant  of  100  MLD  capacity  at
         Monsoon in 2016 was far from the expected lines. Owing                                                                 Adoption  of  state-of-the-art  technology  to  address  the
                                                              making 2 trips in a day and 5.50 ML of water is being                                                                   Nemmeli,  with  full  financial  assistance  from  the
         to the rise in water demand and looming climate change,                                                                water security of the city has been the key feature of this
                                                              brought daily to meet the drinking water needs of Chennai                                                               Government  of  India  in  the  year  2013  are  currently
         recent  years  have  witnessed  much  focus  on  drought                                                               project.
                                                              city.  By this arrangement, CMWSSB has received a total                                                                 operational and playing a major role in fulfilling the water
         scenarios.  Considering  the  constraints  in  creating  new
                                                              of 159 trips amounting to the quantity of 438 ML of water         The sewage generated in the Central Chennai and West   supply requirements of Chennai city.
         large  water  storage  reservoirs  for  augmenting  the  city
                                                              from Jolarpet to Chennai through railway wagons.                  Chennai  City  area  and  adjacent  urbanised  areas  of
         water  supply  and  meeting  the  ever-growing  demand,                                                                                                                      The  establishment  of  another  150  MLD  capacity
                                                                                                                                Ambattur  (Part)  and  Mogappair  is  conveyed  to
         CMWSSB  in  its  effort  to  decentralize  and  identify   PROCESS:                                                                                                           desalination  plant  is  under  progress  with  grants  under
                                                                                                                                Koyambedu STP for treatment and disposal. The present
         additional  sources  for  city  water  supply,  found  an                                                                                                                    AMRUT scheme and financial assistance from KfW, the
                                                              Converting  the  abandoned  mining  quarries  into  water         generation of sewage is about 120 MLD. Out of the 120
         opportunity and made a never before attempted effort to                                                                                                                       German  funding  agency  at  an  estimated  cost  of  Rs.
                                                              reservoirs taken up as a drought contingency measure is           MLD, 65 MLD of wastewater shall be treated up to the
         convert the abandoned mining quarries in the vicinity of                                                                                                                     1259.38  Crores.    One  more  desalination  plant  of  400
                                                              first  of  its  kind  and  does  not  have  any  previous          tertiary level to get the product water of 45 MLD through
         Chennai  city  into  water  reservoirs.  Abandoned  stone                                                                                                                    MLD capacity is to be implemented at Perur along the
                                                              engineering  references  to  rely  upon.  Initially,  the         Reverse Osmosis and distributed to SIPCOT Industries in
         quarries  not  only  offer  promise  for  expanding  the                                                                                                                      East  Coast  Road  in  South  Chennai  with  financial
                                                              possibilities of using the stored water left stagnant in the      Irungattukottai, Sriperumbudur and Oragadam in south-
         available reservoirs for drinking water supply system but
                                                              a b a n d o n e d   q u a r r i e s   a t   S i k k a r a y a p u r a m ,   west part of Chennai city.                  assistance for an approximate value of Rs. 4267.70 crores
         also  provides  hope  for  acting  as  new  reservoirs  if
                                                              Malayambakkam, Pammal, Thiruneermalai, Pallavaram                                                                       from Japan International Co-Operation Agency (JICA).
         implemented across the country.                                                                                        Similarly, the sewage generated in the North Chennai and
                                                              and  Nanmangalam  were  explored  and  twenty-five                                                                       The balance amount Rs. 1810.70 crores will be met out by
                                                                                                                                part of Central Chennai City area and adjacent urbanised
         CMWSSB also embarked on a unique initiative of setting   quarries at Sikkarayapuram and Malayambakkam were                                                                   Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Development Board (TNIDB)
                                                                                                                                areas  of  Madhavaram  and  Kathivakkam  is  treated  in
         up the largest tertiary treatment plants in the last two years   taken up for study and implementation in 2017, due to                                                       fund and Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN).
                                                                                                                                Kodungaiyur STP. The present generation of sewage is
         which have been commissioned and supplying 90 MLD    their proximity to Chembarambakkam Water Treatment
                                                                                                                                about  220  MLD.  Out  of  the  220  MLD,  65  MLD  of   The TTRO Plant at Koyambedu was established at a cost
         of potable quality reuse water to the industries in the city.   plant.  On ascertaining a quantity above 3000 ML from
                                                                                                                                wastewater shall be treated up to the tertiary level to get   of Rs. 486.21 crores. Rs. 231.50 crores has been received
         Chennai will become the first Indian city to recycle and   the  surveys  and  quality  of  the  stored  water  within
                                                                                                                                the product water of 45 MLD through reverse osmosis   as  Grant  from  GoTN  under  Tamil  Nadu  Investment
         reuse  20%  of  its  sewage,  which  will  be  the  highest   treatable limits, it was proposed to transfer the water for
                                                                                                                                and distributed to industries in Manali–Ennore Corridor   Promotion  Programme  (TNIPP)  Phase-  I,  Rs.  208.82
         performance of any Indian city in that matter.  30 MLD of   further  treatment  at  the  530MLD  treatment  plant  at
                                                                                                                                and Manali–Minjur Corridor, North Chennai.            crores has been sanctioned as grant from Government of
         secondary  treated  sewage  is  being  supplied  to  the   Chembarambakkam which is about 3 km away.
                                                                                                                                                                                      India and GoTN under AMRUT and Rs. 30.00 crores as
         industries from the year 1993.  On the whole, 120 MLD of                                                               During execution of the project, an extensive awareness
                                                              The  water  evacuation  operation  both  for  inter-basin
         freshwater supply to the industries is saved which will                                                                campaign was undertaken on the importance of recycling   grant  from  GoTN  under  Chennai  Mega  City
                                                              transfer and transmission to WTP has to be carried out in
         reduce the demand-supply gap.                                                                                          and reuse. Market linkages were established upfront with   Development Mission (CMCDM). Similarly the TTRO
                                                              treacherous terrain.  The short period and large quantity to
                                                                                                                                all industrial stakeholders by holding repeated meetings   Plant at Kodungaiyur was established at a cost of Rs. 348
         Due to the depleting storage of Veeranam lake, it was   be  evacuated  considering  evaporation  loss  pose
                                                                                                                                and visits to the plant to allay all concerns about the safety   crores.  Rs. 153.00 crores as loan and Rs. 76.50 crores as a
         considered  necessary  to  identify  additional  sources  to   challenges in the ready availability of materials, machines
                                                                                                                                and  quality  of  reuse  water.  The  product  water  was   grant  has  been  received  from Tamil  Nadu  Sustainable
         compensate  for  the  quantity  reduction  in  lake  drawl.   and mobilization of required capacities immediately at
                                                                                                                                christened as “TRU water” (Tertiary Reusable Water) in   Urban  Development  Project  (TNSUDP)  under  World
         Accordingly, an additional 30 MLD of water was drawn   the site.   As a result, a total of 400 mcft or 11.32 mcm
                                                                                                                                the lines of Singapore's 'NEW water' for branding. Also,   Bank funds and Rs. 118.67 crores has been sanctioned as
         from Wallajah lake directly which was conveyed through   storage capacity was added to the city in a short period of
                                                                                                                                Resident Welfare Associations were actively invited for   grant from the Government of India and GoTN under
         400 mm HDPE pipeline to Vadakuthu WTP for treatment.   time and around 3000 million litres of water was supplied
                                                                                                                                advocacy workshops to explain the noble concept that   AMRUT.    The  technical  and  human  resources
         The work was executed within a short period of 10 days at   during an acute water shortage situation. Subsequently,
                                                                                                                                was being adopted.                                    contributed by the Engineers & employees of CMWSSB,
         a total cost of Rs. 70.14 Lakhs.  The pumping operations   they have been systematically interlinked and connected
                                                                                                                                                                                      TWIC and the contractors M/s. BGR Energy Systems
         were commenced on 20.08.2019 and a total of 220 ML of   to  the  centralised  water  distribution  system. Again  in   MOBILISATION OF RESOURCES:
                                                                                                                                                                                      Limited, Chennai and M/s. Wabag & IDE consortium,
         water was drawn by this arrangement till 29.08.2019.  2019, nearly 4500 ml of water was supplied to the city           Chennai city is mainly depending on the rainfall during
                                                                                                                                                                                      Chennai was the success in implementing these projects.
                                                                                                                                monsoon for the water storage. Whenever monsoon fails,
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