Archive · 16 Sep 2025
Chennai Announces ₹14,000-Crore Water Storage Plan
Chennai is planning to spend a lot of money to make sure it has enough water.
The city needs more water because more people are living there.
They plan to fix up old lakes and build new ones to store more water.
They will also build structures to help the ground soak up rainwater.
This will help to prevent flooding and make sure people have enough water to drink.
The plan involves restoring old water storage and creating new ones.
This will make the city's neighborhoods less dependent on current water sources.
Chennai's water demand is projected to triple by 2050.
The ₹14,000-crore plan aims to restore lakes and build new reservoirs.
704 essential projects have been approved for execution.
The plan includes restoring tanks and constructing new reservoirs.
The project involves inter-basin linking measures and recharge structures.
- Who
- Chennai's Water Resources Department (WRD)
- What
- Announced a ₹14,000-crore plan to boost water storage.
- When
- Within the next decade.
- Where
- Chennai, India.
- Why
- To address increasing water demand and reduce reliance on current reservoirs.
- Project Cost
- ₹14,000 crore
- Objective
- Expand water storage
- Key Actions
- Restore lakes, build reservoirs, expand recharge structures
- Planned Reservoirs
- 12 new and 3 major
- Recharge Structures
- 402 planned
- Tank Revivals
- ~1,150 planned