Inauguration of Chennai Kodingaiyur Sewage Treatment Plant
Minister SP Velumani drinks recycled sewage water to create awareness Minister led by example, in the presence of Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy Chennai, Oct 1: Minster SP Velumani left the audience impressed when he drank the recycled water that was purified at the newly inaugurated sewage treatment plant in Kodingaiyur. He had consumed the water in order to show that recycled water is not harmful for health. The Government of Tamil Nadu had planned to set up sewage water treatment plants in four different places in Chennai – at Koyambedu, Kodungaiyur, Nesapakkam and Perungudi – based on the reverse osmosis method, like in Singapore. Minister SP Velumani drinking the first glass of recycled sewage water Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy had ordered that the plants in Koyambedu and Kodingaiyur be set up first, as part of stage one. The Chennai Metro Water Supply and Sewage Board took up the projects under the supervision of SP Velumani, the Minister...