The crisis of water deficit is being encountered by almost all residents of the city that hosts four million people.
With 27 inches of rainfall, 2013 was the wettest year for Cape Town filling all its reservoirs.
Hailed as the Garden City and City of Lakes, Bengaluru has been listed among the cities that may face a massive water shortage in the future.
This is despite the fact that there is the Cauvery River – a major source of water supply to the city.
In Bengaluru, proactive citizens have formed a group called Bengaluru Water Warriors to revive the water bodies.
Acknowledging that groundwater reserves in Gurugram have been adversely affected due to the growing population, Chief Minister ML Khattar said that not only will old ponds be revived but, if required, new water bodies will also be created.
According to a study, the non-revenue water loss in Mumbai is 900 million litres per day.
The total river zone area in Delhi is 9700 hectares, of which, 1600 hectares houses the Yamuna River the rest 8100 hectares are river zone areas.
Not only Delhi but all the four major metros of India today have a river as their source of water supply.
We all know that there is water crisis that is affecting our cities.