10 line about water facilities in chennai
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chennai is developed country & has many facilities
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- The coastal city of Chennai has a metropolitan population of 10.6 million as per 2019 census.
- As the city lacks a perennial water source, catering the water requirements of the population has remained an arduous task.
- On 18 June 2019, the city's reservoirs ran dry, leaving the city in severe crisis.[1]
- Although three rivers flow through the metropolitan region and drain into the Bay of Bengal,
- Chennai has historically relied on annual monsoon rains to replenish its water reservoirs since the rivers are polluted with sewage
- . With the population increasing over the decades, the city has faced water supply shortages, and its ground water levels have been depleted.
- An earlier Veeranam Lake project aimed at augmenting the city's water supply failed.
- However, the New Veeranam project, which became operational in September 2004, has greatly reduced dependency on distant sources
- . In recent years, heavy and consistent monsoon rains and rainwater
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