IRCTC to set up Rail Neer bottling plant

Saturday, March 31, 2018 
Visakhapatnam

NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance, the R&D wing of power major NTPC has applied for patent on potable water being produced from the desalination plant set up at the NTPC Simhadri Super Thermal Power Station.

The project is a unique as for the fist time they have started an innovative project to produce drinking water from seawater used by the 4x500 NW coak-fired power plant. The project to produce 120 tonne of treated water per day was commissioned last year with an investment of Rs.8.5 crore. An MoU has been signed between NTPC and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation for establishing a Rail Neer botting plant at Deepanjalinagar Township of NTPC Simhadri.