Chennai is one of 21 cities that a government think-tank warned last year could run out of ground water by 2020. US-listed Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS), which employs thousands in the city, said it had cut down on water at its canteen and gym. Ananda, a small hotel in southern Chennai, had a notice at its entrance warning of a water shortage. "It's not just us, all the hotels run the risk of shutting down because there's hardly enough water," said P. Chandrasekhar, a supervisor at the hotel. Now we are supplying 525 million litres per day," S. P. Velumani, the minister for municipal administration, said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 20, 2019 09:45 UTC