Scorching heat and delayed monsoon have crippled Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu with an acute water crisis.
A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com tracks the train from Jolarpettai carrying its precious cargo.
'There are Rs 90 crore worth of medicines in government hospitals, which is sufficient for the next three months.'
The storage of water in the six major reservoirs in the state was just 6.2 per cent of capacity as of April 27, 2017, reports T E Narasimhan and Gireesh Babu.
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