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Chennai is on the brink of a water revolution with the completion of its ambitious ₹5,814 crore desalination plant in Perur. Expected to come online by the end of the year, this facility will provide an additional 400 million litres of potable water daily, benefiting over 2.2 million residents.

Tamil Nadu government initiated a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, moving senior officials across key departments like municipal administration, energy, and transport. Gagandeep Singh Bedi now heads municipal administration and water supply, while Dr. G S Sameeran takes charge as GCC Commissioner. Several other crucial appointments were made in civic bodies and state agencies.

Velachery's upcoming election sees a tight race with incumbent Congress MLA facing anti-incumbency and strong challenges from NTK and TVK. AIADMK expresses confidence in its candidate's local connect. Residents demand solutions for perennial issues like flooding and poor infrastructure, with parties promising change amidst internal party friction.

An equipment developed by engineers of Chennai metrowater to clean manholes without anyone entering in them received an award from the Union ministry of housing and urban development on Monday.

The slow servers at banks authorized to facilitate metrowater tanker bookings online, has crimped the plans of residents, forcing them to buy from private operators at exorbitant rates.

metrowater, which annually awards contracts worth m o r e t h a n Rs 2,500 crore including Rs250 crore for maintenance work, continues with the box-andcover tender system in spite of the many pitfalls and despite corruption being exposed.

Problems of drinking water shortage continue to affect residents across the city, but Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, known as metrowater, appears impervious to their complaints.

The first half of this water year, which ended on September 30, saw metrowater receive 480 crore in water tax. The amount is 108 crore higher than the sum collected during the first half of the previous year.