In its attempt to mitigate the water scarcity in the southern Indian city of Chennai, a special train was deployed by authorities which carried around 2.5 million litres of water from the state's Vellore district.<br /><br />The train reached Chennai's Villivakkam station at around noon today (July 12) after departing Jolarpet area of Vellore.<br /><br />The special train consisted of 50 bogies, carrying around 55,000 litres of water each.<br /><br />Visuals showed the train being flagged off from Jolarpet station and moving towards its destination in Chennai, which is currently battling one of its worst water crisis.<br /><br />According to reports, the metro city is facing a deficit of at least 200 million litres of water daily. Its four main reservoirs-Cholavaram, Redhills, Chembarambakkam and Poondi- have almost run dry.<br /><br />Commentators have pointed at several factors, such as unplanned development, inadequate urban planning and deficient monsoon in previous years as the major reasons behind the misery.
