Transporting HDPE water pipes“Kodaimazhai”, says the Tamil lady. “That’s how we call those rare showers that suddenly pour down in the midst of the hot season. When I was young, they were normal. But in the past decades they have almost disappeared.” Almost, indeed. But in May, we saw a comeback. For four consecutive days, intense rains brought a welcome freshener in a season otherwise known for its excessively hot temperatures, which sometimes exceed 41 degrees C.But the showers, though much welcomed, were a mere wetting of the earth. Auroville’s water situation, warns L’Avenir d’Auroville, Auroville’s town development authority, is in dire straits. Many wells have less output than before; some are drying up; others need deepening. After two years of drought and countless years of over-extraction of the aquifers, the consequences are showing.In fact, water levels are dropping all over Tamil Nadu. A recent article in The Times of India stated that water tables across the state hav...
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