Water crisis worsens as parts of TN getting supply only once in 20 days

Rameshwaram Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu is facing its worst water crisis this year With searing temperatures and delayed monsoon most of the regions are facing water a terrible shortage of waterWells have dried up in the southernmost tip of India that have left people looking for alternative sources of water The wells in the area are a source of fresh water that the residents have and if the present situation continues they will be left with no choice but to rely on pricey private water tanker facilitiesTamil Nadu is facing drought from three years because of successive failure of north east monsoonsThe bore wells inside the Rameshwaram temple are turning dry At the famous Ramanathaswamy temple here water from 19 wells is poured on the heads of the people visiting the the temple as part of a ritual The ritual faces the threat of being stoppedIn the areas in and around the state capital Chennai residents are sinking borewells up to 600 feet in Ambattur Pallavaram Chromepet and Avadi as there is no piped water facility and private water tanker facility comes at a cost There is no assurance on the quality of the water bought at a high pricePeople are forced to draw water from the ground illegally and over 200 motors have been seized by the Chennai Metrowater department in over a span of 15 daysDMK demands municipal mins resignationAbout 400 DMK workers on Wednesday protested in front of the Corporation office demanding Municipal Administration Minister S P Velumanis resignation for allegedly failing to create necessary infrastructure to store water The party will hold protests on June 22 across state demanding steps on a war footingTop five news stories of the dayDrunken goons thrash Alt Balajis film crew Mumbai cops extort Rs 50000Four drunk goons allegedly assaulted the crew of Alt Balajis upcoming show Fixxer on Ghodbunder Road on Wednesday The cast mdash Mahie Gill Tigmanshu Dhulia Shabbir Ahluwalia and Karishma Sharma mdash escaped but director of photography Santosh Thundiyil required six stitches to his head while director Soham Shah was beaten so badly he had convulsions Read full storyMumbai Forensic lab returns Rajesh Marus fingers which were stuck in MRI machineThe family of Rajesh Maru who died in a freak accident in the MRI room of Nair Hospital in January 2018 has received his fingers that were stuck in the machine for a few days and later kept at Kalina Forensic Library for almost 18 months The 32yearold died after being sucked into the MRI machine while he was helping an ailing relative Read full storyMumbai Crime Jilted lover burns girls fathers bike in VasaiThe Vasai Manikpur police on Wednesday arrested a 22yearold for allegedly setting three bikes on fire The bikes were parked near Krishna Township in Vasai East when the incident recorded in a CCTV camera nearby took place The video footage shows a man wearing a windcheater and shorts walking into the residential complex and setting one bike parked between two others on fire by removing the petrol tube of the bike He fled the spot immediately after Read full storyMumbai Rains No need to worry water reserve stock will last till July 31 says BMCThere will not be additional water cut in the city as reserve stock has enough water to last till July 31 civic officials have said The assurance comes even as water level in the lakes are depleting due to the delay in monsoon arrival in the state Read full storyMumbai Prepare to cough up Rs 10000 fine for illegal parking from July 7Is the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC looking at making parking an additional source of revenue or is it just aiming at decongesting roads by putting an end to the illegal parking menace Whatever it might be from July 7 the civic body doesnt want vehicles parked on roads After increasing parking charges it now plans to identify roads in a 1km radius of public parking lots and mark them as noparking zones People found parking in these areas would be fined anything between Rs 1000 and Rs 10000 and in case of a repeat offence vehicles would be towed away Noparking boards would also be put up on arterial roads Read full storyCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates