Chennai, India's sixth biggest city, has a water crisis

Re:Chennai, India's sixth biggest city, has a water crisis by anovikov on Sunday June 23, 2019 @10:43AM (#20255851)

Of course i have absolutely no idea of the real situation, but why the Palar river isn't usable? Of course water from there will require proper treatment/cleaning, but still? Not trying to argue, ofc you know what you are talking about, just to get a piece of education.

Let me guess, there are bacteria in it's water which are too hard to filter out/kill?

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Re:Chennai, India's sixth biggest city, has a water crisis by _pythonlover_ on Sunday June 23, 2019 @01:21PM (#20257090)

It's not usable because the sand has been mined by the sand mafia for more than two decades. I'm from that area and I've seen thousands of trucks carrying sands every day. And the river is continuously being polluted by industries. It'll take immense effort from the government to make it usable.

One district collector (Irayanbu) tried to fight the sand mafia but he was transferred soon after.

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Re:Chennai, India's sixth biggest city, has a water crisis by bogomipz on Monday June 24, 2019 @08:22AM (#20262755)

Could you elaborate on what the "sand mafia" is and how it has affected the potability of this water source?

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Re:Chennai, India's sixth biggest city, has a water crisis by sreeramvenkat on Sunday June 23, 2019 @11:30AM (#20256208)

Palar river is mostly dry. The last time I saw any water was during 2015 floods.

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