Tag: Water crisis

In drought-hit Delhi, the haves get limitless water, the poor fight for every drop

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NEW DELHI – In this teeming capital city of more than 20 million people, a worsening drought is amplifying the vast inequality between India’s rich and poor. The politicians, civil servants and corporate lobbyists who live in substantial houses and apartments in central Delhi pay very little to […]

Water crisis grips Chennai

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Chennai : A row of vessels line a street corner where a water-tanker is parked; a gaggle of women quibble as they await their turn to get the pots filled– this has become a daily affair in several parts of Chennai with the city staring at an acute water […]

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