"The tanks and lakes to be found in the country are too few, and for want of occasional digging up and cleansing are often found silted up and too shallow to hold any large quantities of water. Nor is any attention paid to improving the facilities for gathering rainwater falling over large areas of land into existing tanks and reservoirs.” - The Hindu, May 10, 1900. One hundred and fifteen years later, the situation has changed only for the worse. “Eriyin vaazhvuthannai plottugal kavvum! Eruthiyil eriye vellum.” This is one of the many wisecracks doing the rounds in the social media after the recent torrential rains in...
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