The Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin announced that work order for Desalination plant had been issued. The plant is to come up on 40 acre site at a cost Rs 533 Crore. The work is expected to start soon, has been scheduled to be completed by December, 2011 according to Stalin.  The pipeline work involving  66 Km stretch from the plant to areas like  Akkarai, Velachery and  Thiruvanmiyur  will be laid at a cost of Rs 122 Crores and  has been planned to be completed by August,2011, Stalin Said.