In collaboration with German agency, Tamilnadu government plans to construct a third desalination plant with a capacity of 150 million litre per day (MLD)
It will be constructed near the existing desalination plant at Nemmeli in East Coast Road, Kanchipuram district.
Partial subsidy will be obtained under the Atal Mission for Urban Rejuvenation and Transformation (AMRUT) scheme.
Two 100 MLD desalination plants already exist at Minjur and Nemmeli.