Spotlight: India's southern city Chennai reeling under acute water shortage crisis

Residents collect drinking water in colorful pots in Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu state, India, on June 25, 2019. Acute potable-water crisis has hit India's southern city of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state, even as the state government has all gone into a tizzy to address the problem. According to official estimates, Chennai requires as much as 1,200 million liters per day (MLD) of water every day, whereas, at present only 525 MLD is being provided. (Xinhua/Stringer)