Water-Starved Indian City Turns to Train to Add to Dwindling Supplies
Workers fill train cars with drinking water at Jolarpet railway station on July 17, 2019, for delivery to Chennai. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) At a Glance The city of Chennai brings in 660,000 gallons of water by train each day.Water taps are turned off for all but a couple of hours a day. Every day at sunset, a train departs Jolarpet for a four-hour, 134-mile journey across southern India to get water to the parched city of Chennai on the Bay...