ENVIRONMENT_ Taps run dry in India’s sixth biggest city as millions contend with water crisis

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Taps run dry in India’s sixth biggest city as millions contend with water crisis

A calamitous problem is looming for 100 million people. Weakened monsoon seasons due to climate change could exacerbate the problem.


Staff writers, AP, AAP
News Corp Australia Network 
June 25, 2019 6:33am



India’s sixth largest city is experiencing a water crisis. Picture: AP Source:AP


At least 21 cities in India are expected to run out of groundwater by 2020, with 100 million people to be affected.

India’s news network NDTV said 40 per cent of India’s population would have no access to drinking water by 2030, according to a report by the National Institution for Transforming India.

Three rivers, four water bodies, five wetlands and six forests have completely dried in Chennai despite having better water resources and rains than any other metro cities, the report said.

Climate change is expected to weaken monsoon seasons in South Asia in coming years, exacerbating the water crisis.


CHENNAI WATER PROBLEMS

A severe water crisis has gripped India’s sixth largest city, with taps running dry for an estimated 10 million people.

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