Ooty faced with scarcity of water - tourism affected

Ooty is a favorite tourist spot in the Nilgiris and, it is faced with an acute shortage of water. Hence, tourism is seriously affected because until rain returns, tourists might have to skip Ooty. Most of the hotels and other business establishments in the hill town are finding it difficult to keep themselves alive owing to scarcity of water.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 22 October 2016.

As a result of depleting water level in the reservoirs, the Udhagamandalam (Ooty) municipality has prioritized water supply to residential areas and has left commercial establishments, such as hotels and restaurants, high and dry. They have to fend for themselves because wells are also fast going dry in the region.
Consequently, hoteliers have to depend on private water suppliers in the town. There are fears that if this situation continues and if there is no sign of rain in another couple of weeks, they will not be in a position to run the business.
Apparently, in the past two decades the population and the number of hotels in the hills have increased by five to six folds. But, the main water pipeline remains the same and new connections have been tapped from the main line. Therefore, the water pressure is very low.


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