Special Train carrying water from Jolarpet railway station reaches Chennai today
Chennai needs about 800 million litres of water (MLD) daily and authorities are able to supply only 525 MLD in the current situation as the city faces an acute water shortage after failure of monsoons for the last two years.
Earlier, Chief Minister K Palaniswami had announced the state government`s plans to transport 10 million litres of water daily by rail from Jolarpettai to meet the needs of parched Chennai.