The Problem

Water Crisis in India

Source: Indiatimes

  •  Twenty-one of India’s major cities may run out of ground water as early as 2020 according to a government report. 
  • Chennai is already running out of water. India is facing the worst water crisis in its history. 
  • About 600 million people face “high-to-extreme water stress” and about 200,000 people die every year due to inadequate access to safe water. 
  • Heatwave all over India is also creating a problem.

International focus on Chennai

  • Leonardo DiCaprio, who is an environmentalist, has shared his concern over the water crisis in India. “Only rain can save Chennai from this situation.” A well completely empty, and a city without water.
  • The southern Indian city of Chennai is in crisis, after the four main water reservoirs ran completely dry.
  • The acute water shortage has forced the city to scramble for urgent solutions and residents have to stand in line for hours to get water from government tanks.
  • As the water levels depleted, hotels and restaurants started to shut down temporarily, and the air con was turned off in the city’s metro.