Acute Water-shortage Hits Chennai in India
Acute Water-shortage Hits Chennai in India The rapid expansion of Chennai into a burgeoning urban settlement without diligent planning has done little for the water bodies. By Anumeha Verma On Jul 24, 2019 Water pots lined up for filling in Chennai, India. Image from Flickr by McKay Savage. CC-By-2.0 In northern India, millions of people are facing the wrath of monsoon floods. But in southern India, it’s a different story. Chennai , the capital of Tamil Nadu, had recorded abysmal rainfalls last year as the Southwest monsoon ended early. An ensuing dry spell of 200 days, when the skies refused to open, pushed the city from the frying pan into the fire. As per the South Asia Drought Monitor , the drought situation in the southern parts of the country is far worse than people realize. More than 44 percent of India is facing drought-like conditions, of which over 17 percent is facing ‘severe dry’ conditions...