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As Monsoon Advances, Tamil Nadu Government Says It Is Disaster Ready

Sandhya Ravishankar 26/09/2019

As rain picks up in the southern state, memories...

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We Parched the Country to Quench the City, and Chennai Still Cries for Help

Nityanand Jayaraman 27/06/2019

Chennai swings from a flood one year to a...

Residents fill their vessels with potable water from a hand pump at Marina beach, in Chennai on June 20. Photo: PTI

For Chennai, ‘Unless It Rains, Things Are Not Going to Be Normal’

Kavitha Muralidharan 24/06/2019

As Tamil Nadu's Dravidian parties bicker over what needs...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E. Palaniswami. Credit: IANS

Water to Be Ferried to Chennai by Train From Vellore: Palaniswami

The Wire Staff 21/06/2019

Chennai and Tamil Nadu have been reeling under the...

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Short-Duration Crops Take a Hit as Water Crisis Strikes Tamil Nadu

T.E. Narasimhan 03/06/2019

The water levels in Chennai’s four main reservoirs have...

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There’s a Severe Drought in Tamil Nadu – and the Govt Thinks Yagnas Will Fix It

Kavitha Muralidharan 03/05/2019

The government has asked the 4,000-plus temples under its...

The water supply line that siphons water from the middle of the riverbed through a huge borewell to the nearby cities has affected the groundwater in the time of a monsoon failure and prevailing drought. Credit: Jaideep Hardikar

With No Water and Many Loans, Farmers’ Deaths Are Rising in Tamil Nadu

Jaideep Hardikar 21/06/2017

While suicides and shock deaths have seen a sudden...