NPR: Chennai https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=735731160 Chennai en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 27 May 2025 19:46:41 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Chennai https://www.npr.org/tags/735731160/chennai The Water Crisis In Chennai, India: Who's To Blame And How Do You Fix It? Reservoirs are dry in India's sixth biggest city. Municipal taps work only a few hours a day. Trains are delivering emergency water supplies. Thu, 18 Jul 2019 07:09:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/07/18/742688141/the-water-crisis-in-chennai-whos-to-blame-how-do-you-fix-it https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/07/18/742688141/the-water-crisis-in-chennai-whos-to-blame-how-do-you-fix-it

Reservoirs are dry in India's sixth biggest city. Municipal taps work only a few hours a day. Trains are delivering emergency water supplies.

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]]> Lauren Frayer No Drips, No Drops: A City Of 10 Million Is Running Out Of Water In Chennai, India's sixth-largest city, the reservoirs are literally drying up. How are its citizens — and the government — responding? Tue, 25 Jun 2019 16:20:03 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/06/25/734534821/no-drips-no-drops-a-city-of-10-million-is-running-out-of-water https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/06/25/734534821/no-drips-no-drops-a-city-of-10-million-is-running-out-of-water

In Chennai, India's sixth-largest city, the reservoirs are literally drying up. How are its citizens — and the government — responding?

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