In one of the worst hits of climate change, Chennai one of India's Southern capital cities is undergoing a dry spell in its water supply while recording a temperature as horrid as 40 degree Celsius. The Indian Meteorological Department forecasts mild downpours for the next few days, which might help bring down the city's temperature but not much in its ongoing water crisis.
While the situation has come as a huge wake-up call to both the state government and the city of 10 million, Hollywood actor cum environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio has expressed his concerns over the situation by sharing an article by BBC.
The article indicates that the only way to save Tamil Nadu's capital city is by improving the groundwater levels and registers the water department's fear of the city being pushed to 'destruction mode' if the rains fail.
Concern from climate change activists like Dicaprio comes as no surprise, for Chennai has showed drastic levels of diminishing water reservoirs within a gap of one year.
#ChennaiWaterScarcity Scenes of the dried up Thiruneermalai, Chembarambakkam, Perumbakkam and Korattur lake in Chennai.
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All major reservoirs supplying water to Chennai dry up, read: https://t.co/HfbPw9KnHM#தவிக்கும்தமிழ்நாடு pic.twitter.com/xrrPbdNc2u
While experts believe that ensuring a functioning rainwater-harvesting structure could help in the long haul, as Dicaprio says in his climate change documentary Ice On Fire, “We are the first generation to see the advance of climate disruption, and the last with a chance to fix it,”