The Water Crisis of Tamil Nadu

River basins

Total River Basins 17

Sub Basins 127

Tanks 39800

Wells 3.70 millions

Net irrigated area 27.6 lakh ha

Irrigation intensity 117%

Guess what the following picture is:

River CauveryThenNow

The Untold Crimes behind Cauvery..

Sand Mining at the Peak

30,000 loads of sand mining each day at the banks of Cauvery basin.

Source: DTNext.in

New Railway track set to lay from Mysore to Coorg

What’s gonna happen if we don’t care about our water sources?

Effects of water scarcity

Water Scarcity at Thoothukudi Thermal Power Plant

Farmers Suicide:

No water -> No Agriculture -> No food -> No lives

Human - Wildlife Conflicts

How to overcome water scarcity?

Educate people on the need of water conservation

Desalination of Seawater

A photograph of Minjur Desalination plant

Waste Water treatment

Restrict the use of water by MNCs

So what you gonna do ?

Wait for a worser situation ?

Or Act Today !