Chennai drought: How water distribution system reflects residents’ social power, bias against poor

When flow are low, poor people who often live at the tail-end of the lines remain unserved.

Karen Coelho

· Jul 23, 2019 · 06:30 am

Andhra Pradesh: Woman killed in clash at a public tap amid water shortage

The 38-year-old was waiting for her turn to fill her pot when another woman got into the queue out of turn.

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· Jul 16, 2019 · 10:28 am

Chennai water crisis: MK Stalin leads protests, blames AIADMK for ‘inefficient handling’ of shortage

The DMK chief said the state government, which is in the Centre’s clutches, had not taken any initiative to avert the situation.

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· Jun 24, 2019 · 05:58 pm

TN government asks schools to remain open amid water crisis in Chennai

The state education department said that the schools had no reason to shut down as it was their responsibility to make alternate arrangements.

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· Jun 23, 2019 · 02:08 pm

‘We need every drop of water’: Tamil Nadu CM thanks Kerala for offering to supply drinking water

Edappadi K Palaniswami brought up the Mullaperiyar dam matter even as he claimed some reports of a severe water crisis in his state were not true.

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· Jun 21, 2019 · 03:04 pm

Kerala offers 20 lakh litres of drinking water to Tamil Nadu, but says state has rejected it

The Pinarayi Vijayan-led government said it wanted to send the water by train from Thiruvananthapuram to Chennai.

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· Jun 20, 2019 · 08:57 pm

With 23 of Karnataka 30 districts declared drought-hit, farmers are selling precious cattle

As crops have failed, villagers are migrating to other states in search of work.

S Shankar, IndiaSpend.com

· Jun 17, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Water crisis: Some schools in Karnataka shut for an extra week; 5,000 villages hit in Maharashtra

Water levels are alarmingly low in different parts of the country, and the onset of the monsoon will be delayed by a few days.

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· Jun 02, 2019 · 12:53 pm

Uttarakhand’s residents face water shortage even as state’s rivers quench North India’s thirst

Less than 50% of the population has access to adequate quantities of safe drinking water, says a CAG report.

Mayank Aggarwal

· Apr 11, 2019 · 09:30 pm

In drought-hit Maharashtra, a fourth of its villages are staring at a water crisis by April

The state is facing its worst groundwater depletion since 2015, says the Groundwater Surveys and Development Agency.

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· Oct 28, 2018 · 07:30 am

Maharashtra: 68 villages in Yavatmal district declared hit by water scarcity

This comes a day after the state government declared a ‘drought-like situation’ in 180 tehsils out of 350 in the state.

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· Oct 24, 2018 · 06:05 pm

Niti Aayog’s report shows that India’s water crisis is more dire than imagined

This is the first time that the government has officially acknowledged and given details of the country’s water crisis.

Joydeep Gupta

· Jun 29, 2018 · 01:30 pm