Chennai: The machine was installed by a Kolkata-based private firm at an annex building in the Ripon Building premises free of cost. “We have installed the machine on a trial basis to see what the machine could do. The machine was installed on Tuesday evening,” a Corporation higher official said. Continue reading “Akvo Water Generators at Chennai Corporation”
Heard of the Mafias in Bangalore? They are the ones helping you get one of the most essential things in life, water. Ever seen people queueing up to collect water from water tankers? It is a common sight in many big Indian cities, but most prominent in Bangalore as the city faces the dangers of water shortage.
These ‘mafias’ roam around in water tankers and provide groundwater to India’s neighbourhood. Most, informal and unauthorised. Continue reading “A new kind of Mafia”
According to a report in the Times of India on World Water Day, March 23, 2018, Bengaluru could soon join Cape Town as two of the top metropolitan cities that are inexorably moving towards ‘Day Zero’ or a situation when taps run dry. Continue reading “The State of Water in India”
