Chennai drought

Drought to floods, Chennai has been experiencing both. But this team of changemakers from IIT Madras, Care Earth Trust, Madras Terrace Architects and more are working on some unique solutions for its water woes.

“Thousands of litres of water was just going waste even as Tamil Nadu is struggling with severe water shortage. That was my cue to do something in my personal capacity to save fresh water,” says the enterprising civil engineer. #ChennaiWaterCrisis #HarvestRain

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. And so, Dr Sekhar Raghavan is visiting housing complexes every day, hoping to use the upcoming monsoons to recharge the groundwater levels of Tamil Nadu's capital.