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Water Crisis In Chennai, Desperate Locals Pay Double For Private Supply: 10 Points
Chennai is facing an acute water crisis after its four reservoirs - that are the main sources for drinking water in the city - have turned dry and ground water levels have plummeted due to scanty rain. Authorities in the Tamil Nadu capital have piped water supply by 40 per cent. The shortage of water has hit IT companies, five-star hotels and high-...
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Chennai's Largest Source Of Drinking Water Dries Up, Residents Hit Hard
Chennai's largest source of drinking water, Chembarambakkam lake, is bone dry with parched and cracked bed all over. The 3,500 million cubic feet capacity reservoir is left just with storage of silt and slush in the middle largely due to deficit monsoon last year. It was this very lake that overflowed and flooded Chennai in December 2015.
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Tamil Nadu Rules Out Probe Into Water Release From Chembarambakkam
Tamil Nadu government on Friday ruled out a probe into the release of excess water from Chembarambakkam Reservoir during the recent floods as it dismissed as "imaginary and defamatory" the charges by opposition in the state assembly.
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500 Cusecs Surplus Water to Be Released From Chembarambakkam Lake Near Chennai
Due to the heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu, authorities in Kancheepuram near Chennai will discharge 5000 cusecs of surplus water from the Chembarambakkam reservoir which is already overflowing.
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Water Crisis In Chennai, Desperate Locals Pay Double For Private Supply: 10 Points
Chennai is facing an acute water crisis after its four reservoirs - that are the main sources for drinking water in the city - have turned dry and ground water levels have plummeted due to scanty rain. Authorities in the Tamil Nadu capital have piped water supply by 40 per cent. The shortage of water has hit IT companies, five-star hotels and high-...
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Chennai's Largest Source Of Drinking Water Dries Up, Residents Hit Hard
Chennai's largest source of drinking water, Chembarambakkam lake, is bone dry with parched and cracked bed all over. The 3,500 million cubic feet capacity reservoir is left just with storage of silt and slush in the middle largely due to deficit monsoon last year. It was this very lake that overflowed and flooded Chennai in December 2015.
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Tamil Nadu Rules Out Probe Into Water Release From Chembarambakkam
Tamil Nadu government on Friday ruled out a probe into the release of excess water from Chembarambakkam Reservoir during the recent floods as it dismissed as "imaginary and defamatory" the charges by opposition in the state assembly.
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500 Cusecs Surplus Water to Be Released From Chembarambakkam Lake Near Chennai
Due to the heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu, authorities in Kancheepuram near Chennai will discharge 5000 cusecs of surplus water from the Chembarambakkam reservoir which is already overflowing.
