Solutions www.biographic.com Chennai ran out of water—but that's only half the story To reduce flooding and bridge droughts, India’s southern coastal metropolis is using ancient knowledge, community action, and wetlands restoration to harness its monsoon rains.
Impacts undark.org In India's Chennai, river restoration lands hardest on the poor Efforts to restore the city's rivers weigh heavily on poor riverside residents, who are being forcibly moved.
Impacts Will COVID-19 inspire the world to provide poor people with clean water? Handwashing can prevent many diseases, if you have easy access to soap and water. Some three billion people don’t.
Impacts weather.com Disappearing water: These satellite images mirror urban water crisis With over 400 million urban dwellers across the country, fulfilling the water requirements of urban India is an arduous task.
Impacts www.circleofblue.org Reservoirs in parched Chennai, city of millions, are dry. Can better forecasting avert future crises? Chennai finds itself part of a growing club of cities where severe droughts have caught authorities off-guard as they watched reservoirs drain.
www.nytimes.com Chennai, an Indian city of nearly 5 million, is running out of water New satellite photos of the city, one of India’s largest, show its reservoirs running dry.
