The INO project is still in 'seeking approval' stage. I had hoped to go see it while here in India but guess am out of luck.
The observatory would be located in disused mining(?) tunnels in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve. Tunnels are good because that way we can eliminate cosmic rays and background radiation from messing up the observations. As for detecting the neutrinos themselves, it will help us understand the obscure stuff that this world is made of. What's more, the observations will aid in solving world's climate problem, will resurrect free market capitalism to it's heady Enron days and will levitate scientists - especially the non-believing ones.
If you want to amuse yourself with a Neutrino Detector, try the Super-K.
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