In the last 25 years, the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) has progressed from developing technology for shallow waters to deep waters. Coastal communities too have been provided access to desalinised potable water and have benefited from the tsunami warning system.
The LTTD plant, commissioned and demonstrated successfully off Kavaratti, Lakshadweep in 2004, has given people in the island easy access to potable water.
