Question
Compare the availability of water in different regions of Chennai.
Solution
The availability of water in different regions of Chennai:
(i)Anna Nagar in Chennai is a high end area. This area looks lush green and green with lawns maintained by a enough spraying of water. Bungalows here have tap water for major part of the day.
(i)Anna Nagar in Chennai is a high end area. This area looks lush green and green with lawns maintained by a enough spraying of water. Bungalows here have tap water for major part of the day.
(ii)The Subramanian’s Apartments in Mylapore faces water crisis. Like most areas of the city this area too gets municipal water once in two days. A private borewell to meets the water needs of some of the residents. Although borewell water is brackish, the residents are thankful to it because they use it in their toilets and for washing. For other uses, they purchase water from tankers. For drinking water, they have installed water purification system in their homes. The houses in Madipakkam are under acute water crisis. People get water once in four days. For drinking they purchase bottled water.
(iii)The slum area near Sadapet is a cluster of hutments without a tap connection. For 30 hutments there is a common tap at one corner, in which water comes from a borewell for 20 minutes twice daily. A family gets to fill a maximum of three buckets within this time. The same water is used for washing and drinking. In summer, water flow is trickle. As a result, one family gets water only at the cost of another. People have to wait long hours to get water from tankers.
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