Leonardo Dicaprio shares message on Chennai water crisis
Academy award winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio has shared a photo of Chennai’s Water Crisis on his Instagram. Leo has written in the caption with the photo – “we can change the world”. Leo shared this photo after a news published on an International News website.
Foundation run by Leonardo
Significantly, DiCaprio has created a foundation in 1998 with his name. Which works to increase environmental awareness. With its help millions of dollars raise funds are raised that work to protect the environment.
Leo came to India 4 years ago in 2015, 4 years ago. Where he shot some portions of his documentary Beyond the Flood. During this he had interviewed Sunita Narayan of Center for Science and Environment and also visited Taj Mahal.
Leo has written in the message showing a dry well – “Only rain can save Chennai from this situation.” A well completely empty, and a city without water. The southern Indian city of Chennai is in crisis, after the four main water reservoirs ran completely dry. The acute water shortage has forced the city to scramble for urgent solutions and residents have to stand in line for hours to get water from government tanks. As the water levels depleted, hotels and restaurants started to shut down temporarily, and the air con was turned off in the city’s metro. Officials in the city continue to try and find alternative sources of water – but the community continue to pray for rain.
Chennai water resources dry up
The Tamil Nadu government has made a new plan to overcome the water crisis of Chennai. In Chennai, 52.5 million liters of water is being supplied daily, but the 4 water bodies from which water comes out have dried up. The government has planned to bring 10 million liters of water per day from the railroad to Jolarpettai. Jolarpettai is 220 km away from Chennai. Apart from this, Kerala also offered to send 20 lakh liters of water daily to Tamil Nadu.
