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A youth scouts for mud crabs and snakehead fish on the parched bed of Chembarambakkam Lake on the outskirts of Chennai, India. Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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The Water Crisis In Chennai, India: Who's To Blame And How Do You Fix It?

July 18, 2019 • Reservoirs are dry in India's sixth biggest city. Municipal taps work only a few hours a day. Trains are delivering emergency water supplies.

The Water Crisis In Chennai, India: Who's To Blame And How Do You Fix It?

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No Drips, No Drops: A City Of 10 Million Is Running Out Of Water

These satellite images from June 15, 2018, (left) and June 15, 2019, show the diminishing size of the Puzhal Lake reservoir in Chennai, India. Copernicus Sentinel-2 Satellite Image/Maxar Technologies via AP hide caption

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No Drips, No Drops: A City Of 10 Million Is Running Out Of Water

June 25, 2019 • In Chennai, India's sixth-largest city, the reservoirs are literally drying up. How are its citizens — and the government — responding?