Letter Published in The National UAE on 24June 19The water shortage in Chennai is heartbreaking
I write with reference to your article Lack of water drives residents of India’s Chennai City to desperation (June 22) .
This piece on how residents of the capital of Tamil Nadu state are suffering from acute water shortages, spending hours queuing to fill bottles and buckets and paying extremely high rates to suppliers was sad to read.
The local administration has failed to take adequate preventative measures to reserve water in case of crises such as the one unfolding at the present moment.
The administration should put laws in place that prevent people from selling water, which is one of the most basic human needs, after all, for exorbitant prices.
Ultimately, in these situations, prevention is better than cure. This is a sad state of affairs indeed.
K Ragavan, Bengaluru
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