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Bacterial contamination in water affects more than half of Chennai

First, water tax and now, water purifiers - how will the lower income group afford quality drinking water?

Posted on 09 Oct, 2012 03:44 PM

Chennai formerly known as Madras, the capital of Tamil Nadu is the sixth most populous city in India with 4.68 million residents as of 2011. Until 1870, it had no piped water supply within the city and people were dependent on public and private wells. The construction of a piped water supply system was started in 1872. This laid the foundation for the present water supply system.

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