India and ADB Sign $230 Million Loan for Chennai Water Project

# India and ADB Sign $230 Million Loan for Chennai Water Project ### Why in News? India and the **Asian Development Bank** signed a $230 million loan for the **Chennai Climate-Resilient Water Security** and **Sewerage Project**. ### What will the project improve? - The project will upgrade water-supply and sewer networks, including pipelines and pumping stations. - Chennai is set to use a ring-main water system — a closed-loop network that can maintain more balanced pressure and improve resilience when part of the network is disrupted. - It also introduces digital monitoring and safer technology to reduce hazardous manual sewer inspections. ### Exam Connect - **ADB** → **Asian Development Bank**; headquarters Manila - **AMRUT** 2.0 → urban water-security mission - **Project** → Chennai, **Tamil Nadu**