The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has written to Karnataka government for allotting land near Mysuru to set up the state’s first Rail Neer plant.

A senior IRCTC official said the corporation is looking at setting up a water plant anywhere near the Cauvery river in Mysuru. IRCTC have sent our proposal to the state government asking for land. A plant would generate local employment apart from helping the IRCTC save money spent on transporting water by trucks in 3,000 cases from Palur, he said.

A rough estimate of the infrastructure cost of a ‘Rail Neer’ plant is Rs 20-30 crore, the official said.