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A special 50-wagon train carrying 2.5 million litres of water arrived in the Indian city of Chennai Friday, as the southern hub reels under one of its worst shortages in decades.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The wagons were hauled by a special locomotive, decorated with flowers and with a “Drinking Water for Chennai” banner on its front.<\/p>\n

Four special trains a day have been called up to bring water to Chennai – India’s sixth most populous city – from Vellore, some 125
\nkilometres away, to help battle the drought.<\/p>\n

The first consignment will be taken to a water treatment centre before being distributed in trucks to different parts of the metropolis on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Chennai has seen only a fraction of the rain it usually receives during June and July. During a similar crisis in 2001, trains were also needed to bring water to the city of 4.9 million people.<\/p>\n

The bustling capital of Tamil Nadu state normally requires at least 825 million litres of water a day, but authorities are currently only able to
\nsupply 60% of that.<\/p>\n

With temperatures regularly hitting 40C, reservoirs have run dry and other water sources are dwindling further each day.<\/p>\n

The Chennai metro has turned off its air conditioning, farmers have been forced to stop watering their crops, and offices have asked staff to work from home.<\/p>\n

The city’s economy has also taken a hit as some hotels and restaurants shut shop temporarily and there have been reports of fights breaking out as people queue for water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Millions of people are experiencing water shortages as Chennai’s reservoirs are running dry and other sources of water are dwindling ","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":39859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1847,733,8,448,3859],"tags":[],"coauthors":[4294],"class_list":["post-39851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-cities","category-living","category-water","category-world","type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTrains deliver emergency water to drought-hit Chennai<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Millions of people are experiencing water 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