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Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD Board) is a public agency formed by the Government of Tamil Nadu, under the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, assigned with the task of implementing all water supply and sewerage schemes to the state of Tamil Nadu (except the Chennai Metropolitan Area).
Objective. The department is responsible for the development of urban areas in the state and ensuring water supply to all the areas. [1] The department acts through urban local bodies such as municipal corporations, municipalities and town panchayats to enable the same. [1]
Besides two new Sea Water Reverse Osmosis Plants (SWRO) are proposed of 150mld (funded under KFW) at Nemmeli and 400mld (funded under JICA) at Perur are proposed for catering to Chennai Water Supply.(Reference: Municipal Administration and Water Supply department of Government of Tamil Nadu, Policy Note 2015 -2016) The Water Treatment Plants are:
The Department of Water Resources is one of the departments of Government of Tamil Nadu. The department was split from the Public works department in June 2021 and is responsible for the management and conservation of water bodies in the state. See also. Government of Tamil Nadu; Tamil Nadu Government's Departments; References
Gagandeep Singh Bedi ( Hindi: गगनदीप सिंह बेदी, born 9 September 1968) is an Indian civil servant, currently serving as the Additional Chief Secretary (Health and Family Welfare Department) to the Government of Tamil Nadu in India. He is known for his crisis management and relief work at Cuddalore during the Tsunami ...
The 2019 Chennai water crisis was a water crisis occurring in India, most notably in the coastal city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu. [1] On 19 June 2019, Chennai city officials declared that "Day Zero", or the day when almost no water is left, had been reached, as all the four main reservoirs supplying water to the city had run dry.
With the city's water supply position remaining grim over the past few years owing to considerable reduction in water flowing into Chennai's drinking water reservoirs, Tamil Nadu government has cleared yet another desalination plant at Nemmeli on East Coast Road. The plant, with a capacity of 150 MLD, is estimated to cost ₹ 13,720 million.
In 1996 Tamil Nadu introduced a public-private partnership, the Tamil Nadu Urban Development Fund (TNUDF), to channel both grants and loans to cities in the state. TNUDF has received funding from the World Bank, Japanese JICA and KfW from Germany. It also mobilizes funding from the capital market through a water and sanitation pooled fund ...