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Rudhran
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The very same Chennai which received water enough to meet three years requirement during the unprecedented flood in Dec.2015, is now bracing up to face the severe draught.
In rural areas, it is parched and cracked fields, withered crops and dying farmers......
How is the ruling Government, already facing lot of internal politics, is going to handle this crisis.....?
[h=1]Chennai braces up for severe drought, 12 waterbodies to be desilted[/h]
The irrigation tanks that will be desilted can hold about 750 million cubic feet
Several areas in Chennai have already begun facing the brunt of water scarcity. The capacity of the four reservoirs from where the city gets water remain below 15 percent, reported The Times of India. In such a situation, the government has decided to tap water from 12 water bodies below sea level in Chennai.
Speaking at a seminar at the Indian Meteorological Society and Regional Meteorological Centre, Revenue Administration Commissioner K Satyagopal said that usually desilting is done up to sea but the new plan is to do it much deeper to save a larger amount of water.
The irrigation tanks that will be desilted can hold about 750 million cubic feet (0.75 TMC). He said that most of the areas have irrigation tanks which have not been tapped after urbanisation. These tanks will be desilted and also steps would be taken to make sure that state becomes drought-proof.
Read more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/chennai-braces-severe-drought-12-waterbodies-be-desilted-57908
In rural areas, it is parched and cracked fields, withered crops and dying farmers......
How is the ruling Government, already facing lot of internal politics, is going to handle this crisis.....?
[h=1]Chennai braces up for severe drought, 12 waterbodies to be desilted[/h]
The irrigation tanks that will be desilted can hold about 750 million cubic feet
Several areas in Chennai have already begun facing the brunt of water scarcity. The capacity of the four reservoirs from where the city gets water remain below 15 percent, reported The Times of India. In such a situation, the government has decided to tap water from 12 water bodies below sea level in Chennai.
Speaking at a seminar at the Indian Meteorological Society and Regional Meteorological Centre, Revenue Administration Commissioner K Satyagopal said that usually desilting is done up to sea but the new plan is to do it much deeper to save a larger amount of water.
The irrigation tanks that will be desilted can hold about 750 million cubic feet (0.75 TMC). He said that most of the areas have irrigation tanks which have not been tapped after urbanisation. These tanks will be desilted and also steps would be taken to make sure that state becomes drought-proof.
Read more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/chennai-braces-severe-drought-12-waterbodies-be-desilted-57908
