TN to spend ~1,015 cr to tackle water shortage

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government is gearing up to meet the water shortage that may arise during summer this year and supply 550 million litres per day (MLD) water to Chennai. The government plans to take measures like digging new borewells and deepening existing ones, supply of water through tankers, at an outlay of ~1,015.34 crore, said Tamil Nadu Municipal Administration Minister SP Velumani. Replying to a special call attention motion, the minister said tenders have been invited to clean and supply 40 MLD water from two stone quarries to meet the requirement of Chennai city.