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India’s ‘Silicon Valley’ is running dry as residents urged to take fewer showers and use disposable cutlery
Bengaluru’s water crisis has been described as dire by residents – and experts warn it is only going to get worse as mercury levels climb in the lead up to summer.
The water tanker arrives once every two weeks, its 1,000 liters expected to serve hundreds of people in this suburb of India’s most high-tech metropolis, where women carrying empty buckets come clamoring to quench their thirst. Private tankers commissioned by the government distribute water to neighborhoods when river and groundwater levels run low, charging residents for the service and hiking prices when demand rises. The crisis has meanwhile turned into a political blame game, weeks before a national election, with India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) protesting the state’s Congress-led government for its alleged mismanagement of the situation.
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