In desperation
The reason Chennai faces chronic water scarcity: it depends on the rain it captures in its lakes, ponds and groundwater aquifers. It has no perennial rivers. So, if the city has not built reservoirs of water, one or two bad monsoons leave it crippled. If the northeast monsoon (October-December) fails, the city is in deep trouble.
And the rains have failed not for one but two consecutive years
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