Chennai is known as "Detroit of India" since it is the automobile hub of the country. But faced with a severe water crisis, the auto firms are now coming up with newer ways to cut down on water consumption.

Automobile service centres use dry wash to cut down on water use in parched Chennai

Chennai's water woes after 2 failed monsoons. Reservoirs hold less than 1% of capacity

Chennai deals with a crippling water crisis

One of India’s largest cities, Chennai, is dealing with a crippling crisis: It has run out of water. In the middle of a particularly hot summer, the four lakes that supply the capital of the southern state of Tamil Nadu have dried up; together they contain just 1 per cent of the volume they did last year.

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The Madras High Court while urging the Tamil Nadu government to work with organisations interested in conservation of water bodies, in the wake of severe water crisis faced in several parts of the state, has told the state government not to prevent protests highlighting the water woes in the state, news agency PTI reported.

Tamil Nadu government told not to prevent protests over water crisis

Tamil film superstar Rajinikanth Saturday said Rain-water harvesting (RWH) should be taken up on a war-footing to address the acute water crisis in the state. The 69-year-old actor was speaking to reporters here on his arrival from Mumbai, where he was shooting for his film 'Durbar.

Rainwater harvesting should be taken up on war footing: Rajinikanth

The hotel industry of Chennai, a city in southern India, is going the traditional way to deal with the severe water crisis. Meals are being served on banana leaves or stainless steel plates that are topped with banana leaves, with notices requesting customers to cooperate put up at restaurants.

Restaurants go traditional way to save water in parched Chennai

Workers of a regional party took in India's southern Tamil Nadu state to the streets on Monday (June 24) to protest the water crisis prevailing in the parched province.

Protest, prayers in Indian state over water crisis

Earther, a US-based website, has posted a satellite image of lake Puzhal located in Tamil Nadu's capital Chennai going dry. Lake Puzhal is the city's largest reservoir.

Satellite image shows Chennai's largest reservoir lake Puzhal going dry

Brandishing empty pots that read “Pot is here, where is water“?, DMK party functionaries, cadre and womenfolk led by Tamil Nadu’s Opposition Party Leader MK Stalin gathered in large numbers to protest against Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami-led AIADMK government’s handling of the prevailing water crisis in Chennai and Tamil Nadu that only seems to be getting worse.

Stalin leads protest over Chennai water crisis, says 'can oust AIADMK government without election'

Hotels in Chennai are rationing water for guests amid searing heat while companies limit showers as the city of 4.6 million faces its worst shortage in years. All four reservoirs that supply Chennai, known as the Detroit of South Asia for its flourishing automobile industry, have run dry this summer, largely because of poor monsoon rains last year.

Hotels, firms cut back on water use as taps run dry in Chennai

Tamil Nadu is facing its worst water crisis this year. With searing temperatures and delayed monsoon, most of the regions are facing water a terrible shortage of water.

Severe water crisis hits Tamil Nadu