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Mangaluru: Rs 100 crore required if city wants desalination plant

  •   Thu, May 26 2016 03:47:25 PM

Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (EP)

Mangaluru, May 26: Deputy Commissioner (DC) A B Ibrahim has suggested industries to use sublimated water from the sea in order to prevent scarcity of drinking water in the district. He has asked officials to make preliminary preparations in this direction.

Speaking in a meeting of representatives from primary industries and senior district officials held at Deputy Commissioner's office on Wednesday, May 25, he asked the Joint director of industries to prepare a detailed report on the demand of water by MRPL, SEZ , MCF etc in the future.

Ion Exchange India Limited representative Sridhar, speaking on the occasion said that the organization had started its first desalination plant at Gujarat in 1997 and has brought about many changes. “1.8 megawatt electricity is required for desalination of 10 MLD water”, he said.

Estimated cost Rs 100 crores

MCF director Prabhakar Rao speaking on the occasion said Rs 95 crores to Rs 100 crores will be required to start a desalination plant. “The plant should have a minimum capacity of 10 MLD. Besides constructing a separate Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), the unit should be close to the water source”, he said.

“It will cost Rs 40 for desalinating 1000 litres salt water. Ten acres land is necessary for 20 MLD desalination plant. It would be necessary to obtain no objection letters from the department of environment. The unit can be started in 18 to 20 months after necessary legal formalities", he said.

 
  

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  • Dom, Bangalore

    Fri, May 27 2016

    There are two rivers flowing into Mangalore, 1 from Shiradi and other from Kudremukh. Both the rivers unite and then the water flows to the sea. There will be sufficient water if these rivers are connected through canal and blocked from flowing to the sea. India has all sorts of resources like engineers/ scientist etc so government can start working along with these experts and see whether this is a feasible solution. The solution should be so that the nature is not affected.

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  • Nithya, mlr

    Fri, May 27 2016

    Compared to the cost, the benefits are much higher in this case.
    So this seems to be a very good option.

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  • Robert Pais, Mangalore

    Fri, May 27 2016

    I can understand desalination in places where there is no rain. I can understand desalination call if it was given after every single rain was captured.

    What I cannot understand : Has the DC been effective in educating and implementing rain water harvesting 100 percent? Is the rain water harvesting only the job of common man or IT IS APPLICABLE TO INDUSTRIES TOO? What are the facts and figure?

    I am totally at a loss to learn that our Indian brains shine elsewhere but here we are using them for money making ventures rather than using them to come up with ideas an projects for common good.

    Why cant you come up with a scheme that gives incentives to those collecting rain water or harvest it? If a largely unused land in outskirts of the city does give small income to the landowner- paying him/her annually to retain a lake - is worth the cost savings from carrying the water in trucks in the summer. As this pond of water will not allow the wells to go dry in that area.

    Industries can spend those 200 crores to retain rain water (to be used for the last 2-3 months before monsoon). DC also can pay a visit to Israel to learn from them innovative methods( other than desalination).

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  • J.F.D SOUZA, ATTAVAR,MANGALURU

    Fri, May 27 2016

    During April our Govt. has said that though we have ample of money, no water is available to spend it. So when Govt. has sufficient funds it has to spend for this desalination plant to overcome the water shortage proble and supply it ti Industries and other misc. purpose.Take immediate action for this.

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  • Jai Sri Ram, Mangalore

    Fri, May 27 2016

    In Mangalore we don't need any desalination plant. We have enough avenues to store rain water. 100 crores can be spent on enhancing exiting dams around DK. Rain water harvested can be used. Netravathi river clean up will bring additional water to the region. But don't go and sell the water to Kolar or other regions.
    Yes, if other districts other than DK require water then definitely we can help them to setup desalination water plant at their cost and at the cost of DK. As Yettinhole project is not going ahead, this is a good option for those districts to have drinking water from a desalinated plant in Mangalore. All the cost need to setup the desalination plant need to be borne by the required districts.
    Mr. DC can you kindly use the fund of 100 crores to remove the silt from Thumbay dam, increasing the water capacity in other dams in the district please. Jai Hind.

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Frazer Town,B'lore

    Fri, May 27 2016

    Quite worth and also good step to tackle the water scarcity.

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  • Shah, Mangalore

    Thu, May 26 2016

    India's refinery giants like Reliance and Essar entirely depends on desalinated water plant. The plant is 5 Kilometer far away from sea shore. Water supplied through FRP line. Waste water with high salinity discarded back to sea without any pollutants except NACL. There is no environmental concern over that. District administration should strictly instruct all industries to install the unit at earliest. Cost of construction is a peanut to these industries when comparing to profit. We, mangaloreans not for inhaling toxic gas emitted by these industries. It is our right to fight against these industries to stop consuming our precious potable water.

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  • Ronnie, Kinnigoli?Camada

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Stupidity is infinitely more fascinating than intelligence. Intelligence has its limits while stupidity has none. What a solution for the created problem!

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  • philip serrao, mangalore/auh

    Thu, May 26 2016

    The money required can be taken on loan from Maharashtra Govt.They are going to waste Rs. 2000 crore on building Shivaji memorial. Isnt it a good idea ?

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  • Ruben Pinto, Australia

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Vested interests are behind this whole racket. In spite DK having abundant rains which can easily be trapped at a fraction of the cost, they want us to take an expensive route, which is unlikely to solve our problems.

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  • Vinit D, Mangalore

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Desalinated water will be needed only during the 6 months of the year when there is no rain. And these are the times of year when there will be plenty of sunlight. SO why not solar powered desalination plant.
    Anyway if water is properly conserved and managed we have the kumaradhara and nethravati sources for domestic and agriculture consumption even if the yettinahole project is commissioned.

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  • A.B.M., Mangalore

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Desalination :
    Fine example of a half baked, useless lie.
    What will actually happen?

    * project gets sanction
    * lot of people get rich very quick
    * Cost escalates to more that 10 times without any progress at all.
    * Everyone forgets until the next election.
    * nobody ever sees desalinated water because it si too expensive.
    * the whole city is taxed for this project - forever.
    * The city still reels under water shortage because no one has thought of the ‘free’ basics
    Stop abusing and wasting water
    Stop wasteful water or pumping subsidies to everyone
    Do not pollute existing water sources.
    Protect and strictly maintain existing water supply bodies and equipment.
    Building permits should reflect the capacity of the corporation to provide water.

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  • Avinash, Mangaluru/Mumbai

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Why ten acre land is required for the plant....! Please go to Dubai and Sharjah and see how efficiently they desalinate sea water in such a small place...and feed to the residents there...!
    Again 100 crores is not at all a big amount for Mangalore corporation...! Just inform Sharad Pawar about the project and explain him the profitability and he will put 10 such plants on the coastal Karnataka...! We have lot of black money holders in our country...Please make use of them for the sake of poor people...!

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  • J.F.D SOUZA, ATTAVAR,MANGALURU

    Thu, May 26 2016

    When we faced acute shortage of water the Govt. has said that we have enough money but no water. So when compared to this years drought and water supply problems Rs.100 crores is nothing . The Govt. can very well make arrangements to spend 100 crores to have a desalination plant to over cmoe the water crisis. Do it early.

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  • essell, Mangalore

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Mangalore people are generous when the announcements come from religious people. Announce and the money will flow from all over.

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  • Abdulrehman Kunil , Mangalore

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Let the mega water consuming industries like MRPL and others bear the cost. Moreover in future even there should be desalination water pipe for RCC construction & water curing as well as for the domestic toilet and gardening uses. New construction projects should use 30-35% land for the structure and 60-65% as open space for green zone. All new roads should compulsorily plant large fruit bearing trees all along the stretch in double layers, the back layer saplings in between the front planted saplings. There should be compulsory water resistance semi desert plants on the raised island in between the two two main carriageways. Rejuvenate the neglected tanks and lakes.

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  • MICHAEL NORONHA, Mysore

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Worth an investment to make Mangalore a destination for investment and development. Rs.100 Cores is a pittance for a Government. 

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  • Roshan Patrao, Mangalore

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Desalination of sea water is a good idea. However, judicious use of available water and rainwater harvesting can negate the necessity of investing in the desalination plant. Strangely enough - knowingly or unknowingly - everyone from politicians, bureaucrats and common man seem to have conveniently forgotten (or chosen to ignore) the real culprit who caused this water scarcity. It is the builder lobby. If the water that was used to build flats in the past year had been saved, Mangaloreans would not have had the misfortune of yearning for water. I would suggest charging builders ten times the regular water charges and monitoring by civic groups so that no unholy nexus takes place between builders and city corporation officials to misuse water.

    A few days ago I had read in Prajavani that two American Indian students had developed cheap water purifies that could purify any kind of water. They did this after they saw the plight of their relatives here in India having no access to clean water. Thousands of engineers are produced in Mangalore every year. Instead of developing useless projects like wind tunnels and Formula One cars as part of their projects, why can't they develop cheap methods to desalinate water. The engineering colleges can market them and Mangalore can save those 100 crores!!!

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  • Dev Sagar, Mangalore

    Thu, May 26 2016

    JUST 100 CRORES? IT IS PEANUTS COMPARED TO THE PERSONAL WEALTH OF EACH AND EVERY INDIAN POLITICIAN WHICH RUNS INTO HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF CRORES. SO HAVING A DESALINATION PLANT FOR MANGALORE IS NOTHING GREAT.

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  • Mohammed Shabeer, Ullal / Jubail

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Sea Water Desalination is not necessary in Mangalore. . . . They have many other options, Directing Pipeline from Water Rich Areas, Water Conservation Facilities etc. . .

    First of all Fresh Water from Rivers or any sort of Water Conservation Costs much much lesser than Desalination Water.

    Second thing, Desalination makes use of High Energy consumption. Although we guys are facing Power Cuts, Etc. . . Now if the project is initiated. . . It will be a huge loss for Mangalorean’s in terms of Electricity as well as Air Pollution. Another Option is, Building a Water Desalination Plant based on Nuclear Energy, But its highly Radio Active. . .

    Let Bulk Water be carried from Water Rich Areas through Pipe Line, Matter will be solved. . . I think there is a Desalination Plant in Chennai. One of the Largest Desalination Plant in the World is Located in Jubail, MARAFIQ.

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  • D.Shetty, Mangalore

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Shabeer anna, ullalardu thritu bale..Your thoughts are reality may be in the place you work..here in mangalore its good industries us the water from sea, let it be part of their investment..

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  • Louis Pinto, Urwa, Mangalore

    Thu, May 26 2016

    When Chidambaram was the Finance Minister 10 years ago he sanctioned 1500 Crores in the budget for a desalination plant for Chennai.Since the Chennai has no water problem at all.

    Most places in the Arabian Gulf survive on desalinated water.

    Instead of the yettinahole project the Govt should have invested in a desalination plant in Mangalore and pumped the water for Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Bangalore Rural & Davangere etc. It would have been much simpler proposition in the long run. If gas, petrol, diesel can be pumped from MRPL to Bangalore via pipeline then why Yettinahole project ?

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  • James Sequeira, Barkur/Bangalore

    Thu, May 26 2016

    It. is really worth spending that much of money for desalination and this project really benefits the basic need of thirsty people. What use of spending huge amount of money on useless monuments and erection of statues?

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  • Rudolf, Mum

    Fri, May 27 2016

    If one thinks from only one angle, the world would have been devoid of any statues, monuments etc.,!

    WHY DON'T WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A MAN MADE SCARCITY DUE TO INDISCRIMINATE DESTRUCTION OF NATURE, CRIMINAL WASTE OF WATER, AND VERY SLOPPY PLANNING BY THE AUTHORITIES,!

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  • Flavian, Mangaluru/Kuwait

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Shankar,

    Are you serious.

    100 simply Peanuts for you?

    I am struggling for decades to make at least few (not peanuts)

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  • Shankar, Mangalore

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Ha ha!
    I was kidding.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Yettinahole Duffers must have rushed back to their HOLES ...

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  • Flavian, Mangaluru/Kuwait

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Instead of one Yettinahole projects 100's of desalination plants could have built and water could have been supplied without any controversies.
    I am still surprised from where initial energy (electricity) is supplied when we are facing power shortage.

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mangalore/Mumbai

    Thu, May 26 2016

    For running these plants, we can use wind/solar energy/lightning energy....

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  • Rudolf, Mum

    Thu, May 26 2016

    When there is so much of abundant water flowing down the W ghats, why not think of simple and cheap measures to conserve, collect, and reinforce water recharging rather than think of such Utopian ideas!

    Desalination plants are unavoidable only in desert lands, and the costs are unaffordable for an economy like us, and not warranted!

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  • PEACE LOVER, INDIA

    Thu, May 26 2016

    India can build 30 Desalination plants if we divert the cost for building one statue in Gujarat, which is of no use to poor people.

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  • PEDDU, MANGALURU

    Thu, May 26 2016

    100 crore !!

    AND 9700 CRORE GULUMMAAA BY MALL-YA NOTHING HAA HAA

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  • vicky, mangalore/dubai

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Fund can be collect from Public issue bonds or shares... NRI's will invest in this project...don't wait.. start immediately.

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  • Rudolf, Mum

    Thu, May 26 2016

    What will these investors get in return??

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  • veera pinto, mangalore

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Rudolf
    They get water.
    Return is not necessarily be in terms of cash. Serving the society is humanity. Dont always think of returns....society has given so much and let us help to live happily.

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mangalore/Mumbai

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Subscribing for bonds/shares w/o any returns, what a joke u cracked??

    Have seen rich zGulfy people running from pillar to post to get that .25% extra interest!!

    TALKING IS VERY EASY DEAR.....

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  • tom Cat, Mangalore

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Why cant mrpl build a desalination plant for their use and share it with mangalore when required as mangalore is sharing now.

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  • Ram, Mangalore

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Desal plant must be installed by cost sharing with all consumers like industries and MCC.It would be better if the plant is constructed with under supervision of major industries project cell and not by PWD or MCC due to obvious reasons.

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  • Shankar, Mangalore

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Only a hundred crore?
    Please provide your bank account details.
    Do you accept cash?

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  • Flavian, Mangaluru/Kuwait

    Thu, May 26 2016

    You need determination and sill power to face the problem and resolve it. Money is secondary. Government has the capacity to fund the project. Go ahead.

    If not possible request Mallya he may help being from DK district.

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  • hans, udupi

    Thu, May 26 2016

    The state gov't has 12,000 crore for Yetinahole Project and kader claims that any amount of money will be spent. Then surely 100 crore is peanuts.

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  • Edward, Mangalore

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Mangaluru: Rs 100 crore required if city wants desalination plant...... This is absolute N IMMEDIATE necessary not only for industries as well as whole houses around coastal India....central India as well as all over India.... Slowly in India rain fall is weakening every year and India's ground water level is deceasing... Let Central Govt. work hard with all state Govt s to set-up this project ASAP....DESALINATION PLANTS ARE NEEDED VERY BADLY IN INDIA....

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  • ALEX, ABUDABI

    Thu, May 26 2016

    When a person in mangalore can buy car worth 7 crore our state government must not have any problem in arranging the funds required to solve water crises. How come there is no scarcity of water in Dubai, Oman, Qatar, Saudi and Bahrain.

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  • Rudolf, Man

    Thu, May 26 2016

    How can you ever compare these petrodollar fattened countries having trillions of dollars in deposits, still pumping and accumulating money,,

    FYI, desalination plants are unavoidable in desert lands, the high costs can easily be afforded by these filthy rich Arabs, these yardsticks cannot be applied to us, especially to rain abundant western ghats!

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  • arm, ksa

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Cut the Industries Sweet water connection, Let them close down. Anyhow locals are not recruited by them.

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  • geoffrey , hat hill

    Thu, May 26 2016

    100 crores? Peanuts, comparing to what ex owner of MCF, VM owes to the banks!

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  • tom Cat, Mangalore

    Thu, May 26 2016

    Why rs 40 for thousand liter of water produced it is lower then that on international market.Secondly there is electricity being produced as a by product.Why is this not considered.

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