The first state-of-the-art 10-million-litre-per-day (MLD) desalination plant in Odisha will be commissioned at the Paradip Port.
An MoU regarding consulting services in this regard was signed on Monday between the Paradip Port Trust (PPT) and the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences.
The MoU was signed by PPT Chief Engineer K Ramachandra Rao and NIOT Project Director MV Ramana Murthy at Paradip.
As per this move, the seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) water will be available in the PPT township.
The project, which is worth Rs 116 crore, will supplement drinking water during the summer season in the port township for which tender will be floated this year.