Dry Chennai: Indian megacity ‘running out of water’

Drought hits 4.6 million people as taps run dry during heatwave

People queue for water in Chennai
Residents queue for water in Chennai
(Image credit: ARUN SANKAR/AFP/Getty Images)

Millions of people in Chennai are relying on government supplies of drinking water as a brutal heatwave leaves the vast city’s reservoirs almost completely dried out.

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