Water problems in my locality

We have been having consistent water problems for the past few years. Most of the houses that are constructed in Chennai will now have a mandatory sump. This is because in all the places atleast most of the places in Chennai, there is a serious water problem. Though this has been there for several years now, we have not received any great plans from the government. It is not even as if they are worried about this problem.

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In many places in Chennai, people travel several kilometres to get some water. Even do we get lots of rain during the rainy season, I personally feel that there is no proper mechanism available to contain the waters that we receive from rain. The same here when we had flood in Chennai, we also had water scarcity during peak summer. The government it even the individual bodies don't even care about this and I am concerned that the government is investing huge money on converting seawater to drinkable water.

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No one would even believe if I say that we had waterways or a river in the middle of the city 50 years back. Today we still have the river in few places but fully filled with drainage water. So we cannot completely black the government here but individuals are also definitely responsible for this. Every individual should understand the importance of water and how to save water so that we don't have this problem during summer. Trees are also disappearing from every place in Chennai and it is replaced by some concrete structure. People should also understand the importance of trees and how they are helpful in retaining groundwater. It will take some more time for people to realize this. That's what I feel.