IVRCL Announces the Completion of Sea Water Desalination Plant at Minjur  
Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu to Inaugurate the Facility on the 31st July 2010

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Friday, July 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India)

IVRCL has today announced the completion of the sea water desalination plant at Minjur, near Chennai. This desalination plant located at a 60 acre plot at Kattupalli Village, Ponneri Taluk has been set up with the capacity to supply 100 million liters of potable water per day.

IVRCL Infrastructures & Project Ltd. had promoted & incorporated a Special Purpose Vehicle, Chennai Water Desalination Ltd. (CWDL) with a consortium partner Befesa Agua, Spain and had been awarded the project of detailed design, engineering, financing, procurement, construction, operation, maintenance and transfer of the seawater desalination plant on 25 years DBOOT basis by the client, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB).

Set up with an investment of Rs. 600 crores, this initiative will enable supply of potable drinking water to the Chennai City at a capacity of 100 million liters a day. The Bulk water purchase agreement was signed between Chennai Water Desalination Limited and Chennai Metrowater and Sewerage Supply Board on the 13th September 2005. As part of this agreement the company will maintain and operate this plant for a period of 25years from the date of commercial operation.

Addressing a press conference Mr. S. Ramachandran, Managing Director- IVRCL Assets & Holdings Ltd & Director- CWDL said, “we are extremely happy to announce the completion of the sea water desalination plant at Minjur. We are happy to help bridge the gap between demand and supply of safe drinking water in the city through our project.”

Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB), a body corporate looks after the supply of water in the Chennai City has been undertaking several projects of water supply augmentation. As part of bridging the water demand-supply gap, CMWSSB had proposed to augment its capacity through this 100 MLD desalination plant. This plant will be inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu on the 31st July 2010.

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Mr. Rodolfo Gonzalez BAFESA, (India) Managing Director, Mr. S. Ramachandran, Managing Director- IVRCL Assets & Holdings Ltd & Director- CWDL and & Mr. N .Ganeshan Joint General Manager addressing the media at the Press Conference held at The Taj Coromandel today(30th July,2010) to announce the Inaugration of the Chennai Water Desalination Plant