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Opinion: Chennai's Water Crisis Largely A Man-Made Disaster
One of India's largest cities, Chennai, is dealing with a crippling crisis: It has run out of water. In the middle of a particularly hot summer, the four lakes that supply the capital of the southern state of Tamil Nadu have dried up; together they contain just 1% of the volume they did last year. Residents don't have enough water to drink, bathe o...
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Kerala Offers Drinking Water To Parched Tamil Nadu, Says Turned Down
With Tamil Nadu facing a severe water crisis, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's office on Thursday claimed it had offered to supply 20 lakh litres of drinking water to its neighbouring state, however the Tamil Nadu chief minister's office declined, saying, "at present, not required."
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Kerala Offers 20 Lakh Litres Drinking Water, Tamil Nadu Says No Need Now
The Kerala government on Thursday expressed willingness to provide 20 lakh litres drinking water to Tamil Nadu, which is facing a water crisis, but the latter has declined it, saying there was "no need for the help at present."
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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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K Palaniswami Says Steps Underway For Drinking Water Supply To Chennai
With reservoirs supplying water to Chennai drying up and ground water levels plummeting in absence of rain, water has become scarce but the government is taking necessary steps to supply drinking water to people, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami said on Tuesday.
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"Get Drinking Water From Home": Water Crisis Hits IT Companies In Chennai
Officials in the information technology sector in Chennai's Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) agree the water shortage situation in the business district is grim but say they are managing the issue for now.
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Tamil Nadu Seeks 5,000-Crore Aid From Centre For Drinking Water Schemes
The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday requested the Centre for sanctioning over Rs 5,000 crore for various drinking water supply schemes in the state, including a desalination plant for Villupuram district.
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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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Relief For Chennai Residents As Water Tanker Operators End 3-Day Strike
In a sign of relief to residents of Chennai, water tanker operators called off their three-day strike late last night. However, suppliers of packaged drinking water continue their indefinite strike. The two bodies had called for a strike on Monday following a court order that restricted extraction of groundwater in the city.
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Madras High Court Approves Setting Up Of Desalination Plant In Tamil Nadu
The Madras High Court has given a green signal to the Tamil Nadu government to set up the desalination plant at Nemmeli to tide over the drinking water crisis in the state.
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Chennai's Drinking Water Cut By Half Amid Worst Drought In 140 Years
Chennai is facing an acute crisis of drinking water as all four lakes around the city have dried up, the local authorities have said. Tamil Nadu is witnessing the worst drought in 140 years and drinking water to the state's capital city has been cut down by 50 per cent, say water supply officials. The city requires 830 million litres of water a da...
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Sharing Water With Tamil Nadu Detrimental To Our Needs, Says Siddaramaiah
Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on sharing of Cauvery water on Friday, Karnataka Chief Minister K Siddaramaiah today said the state cannot spare any quantum of water for Tamil Nadu as it will be detrimental to drinking water requirements of its people.
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Karnataka Petitions Against Supreme Court Decision On Cauvery Dispute
The Karnataka government has filed a petition against the Supreme Court's order of releasing 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu for the next 10 days. Massive protests are being held in the state which argues it has just enough water for drinking purposes.
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Opinion: Chennai's Water Crisis Largely A Man-Made Disaster
One of India's largest cities, Chennai, is dealing with a crippling crisis: It has run out of water. In the middle of a particularly hot summer, the four lakes that supply the capital of the southern state of Tamil Nadu have dried up; together they contain just 1% of the volume they did last year. Residents don't have enough water to drink, bathe o...
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Kerala Offers Drinking Water To Parched Tamil Nadu, Says Turned Down
With Tamil Nadu facing a severe water crisis, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's office on Thursday claimed it had offered to supply 20 lakh litres of drinking water to its neighbouring state, however the Tamil Nadu chief minister's office declined, saying, "at present, not required."
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Kerala Offers 20 Lakh Litres Drinking Water, Tamil Nadu Says No Need Now
The Kerala government on Thursday expressed willingness to provide 20 lakh litres drinking water to Tamil Nadu, which is facing a water crisis, but the latter has declined it, saying there was "no need for the help at present."
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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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K Palaniswami Says Steps Underway For Drinking Water Supply To Chennai
With reservoirs supplying water to Chennai drying up and ground water levels plummeting in absence of rain, water has become scarce but the government is taking necessary steps to supply drinking water to people, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami said on Tuesday.
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"Get Drinking Water From Home": Water Crisis Hits IT Companies In Chennai
Officials in the information technology sector in Chennai's Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) agree the water shortage situation in the business district is grim but say they are managing the issue for now.
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Tamil Nadu Seeks 5,000-Crore Aid From Centre For Drinking Water Schemes
The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday requested the Centre for sanctioning over Rs 5,000 crore for various drinking water supply schemes in the state, including a desalination plant for Villupuram district.
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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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Relief For Chennai Residents As Water Tanker Operators End 3-Day Strike
In a sign of relief to residents of Chennai, water tanker operators called off their three-day strike late last night. However, suppliers of packaged drinking water continue their indefinite strike. The two bodies had called for a strike on Monday following a court order that restricted extraction of groundwater in the city.
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Madras High Court Approves Setting Up Of Desalination Plant In Tamil Nadu
The Madras High Court has given a green signal to the Tamil Nadu government to set up the desalination plant at Nemmeli to tide over the drinking water crisis in the state.
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Chennai's Drinking Water Cut By Half Amid Worst Drought In 140 Years
Chennai is facing an acute crisis of drinking water as all four lakes around the city have dried up, the local authorities have said. Tamil Nadu is witnessing the worst drought in 140 years and drinking water to the state's capital city has been cut down by 50 per cent, say water supply officials. The city requires 830 million litres of water a da...
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Sharing Water With Tamil Nadu Detrimental To Our Needs, Says Siddaramaiah
Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on sharing of Cauvery water on Friday, Karnataka Chief Minister K Siddaramaiah today said the state cannot spare any quantum of water for Tamil Nadu as it will be detrimental to drinking water requirements of its people.
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Karnataka Petitions Against Supreme Court Decision On Cauvery Dispute
The Karnataka government has filed a petition against the Supreme Court's order of releasing 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu for the next 10 days. Massive protests are being held in the state which argues it has just enough water for drinking purposes.
