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Indian women push a food cart stall in floodwater at Marina Beach on the Bay of Bengal coast after heavy rain in Chennai on November 3, 2017.The arrival of the northeast monsoon in recent days has brought heavy rains to southern India's Tamil Nadu, submerging parts of the state capital Chennai. Devastating floods following the northeast monsoon in south India in November and December 2015 killed more than 500 people and displaced almost two million others. Photo: AFP / Arlin Sankar
Posted inIndia, South Asia

India’s water-unsmart cities operate in policy vacuum

by Himanshu Thakkar June 11, 2018June 12, 2018

The Indian government runs a “smart cities” program, which involves some massive investments. One would expect this program to define what a water-smart city is and also come up with a National Urban Water Policy. But the program has no such norms or policy. In fact, the cities included in this program are unlikely to […]

Drinking water is in short supply as Tamil Nadu is hit by the worst drought in 140 years. Photo: india.com
Posted inIndia, Iraq, Middle East, South Asia, World

India heading for ‘day zero’ water as reservoirs shrink

by Asia Times staff April 16, 2018February 18, 2020

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