The news about Chennai’s four major reservoirs drying up has been doing the rounds for a while now. People are facing acute water shortages as the taps have run dry. After this incident, it is finally hitting everyone that environmental crisis is not a mere exaggeration of the situation, but needs our attention on an ad hoc basis.
The main reason behind the Chennai Water Crisis is that the four major lakes that provide the city with water have dried up due to climate change, last year’s weak monsoon, and of course, our irresponsible behavior as citizens. Together, they now contain only 1% of the water they did last year. Restaurants have been shut, no washrooms are open in the malls and people have started working from home due to lack of water. Residents are now solely dependent on the little supply they get from tankers and piped water. Actor and environmentalist, Leonardo Di Caprio also spoke about the crisis.
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— Alok Jain ⚡ (@WeekendInvestng) June 19, 2019
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A combination of urban planning failure and governmental blame games has created a situation where even copious amounts of #rainwater end up #wasted— water that is precious to a parched city.#watercrisis #ChennaiWaterCrisis #jalbharathttps://t.co/q1ny5WlDdj
— Jal Bharat (@jal_bharat) June 27, 2019
What #WaterCrisis? https://t.co/DPG1vmnSwd By @sanitarypanels #ChennaiWaterScarcity #ChennaiWaterCrisis #WaterScarcity #WaterCrisisinChennai pic.twitter.com/JCTDPutNEu
— Forbes India (@forbes_india) June 27, 2019
Quench thirst first Mr PM!#TamilnaduWaterCrisis #ChennaiWaterCrisis #OneNationOnePoll #cartoons
— OneIndia (@Oneindia) June 27, 2019
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Water Crisis Getting Real In #India.
— UrbanVoices (@urbanvoicesin) June 27, 2019
We and Government Can't Ignore it at Own Peril. #Tamilnadu is facing it and seeing its impact after #ChennaiWaterCrisis .
Let' push our municipal corporation and agencies to start acting on it.
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According to a report by NITI Aayog, by next year, 21 cities including New Delhi will run out of groundwater and face similar problems. The authorities need to act fast on this emergency by working on treatment plants, and efficient recycling methods. We, as citizens, also need to wake up now and start conserving, recycling, and reusing water.
The future looks dry#ChennaiWaterCrisis pic.twitter.com/qki6Sy6PnS
— Dani Akash (@DaniAkashS) June 27, 2019
The water crisis will eventually hit mumbai badly as well. The govt needs to provide space for creation of dams, rain water harvesting and for heavens sake stop giving land to builders for construction in mumbai city and suburbs. The threat is very real. #ChennaiWaterCrisis
— Rahul Warrier (@RahulWarrierr) June 27, 2019
This is not 100s of years - JUST 1 YEAR. GONE. #ChennaiWaterCrisis https://t.co/j9WDM5hWjh
— Anand Lakshmanan (@lan24hd) June 27, 2019
Environmental crisis is a grim reality now. It is a harsh consequence of our own rash actions and we’ve started facing the brunt already. It is high time we start taking steps towards the replenishment of Mother Nature.