CHANDRAPUR: Residents of Solapur, a hot and arid area in western India, begin to endure the harshest months in April. Water becomes scarcer as temps rise. Waiting for taps to flow can last up to a week during the hottest summer months.
Residents and the local authorities of Solapur, which is some 400 kilometers inland from Mumbai, claim that water flowed every other day just ten years ago.
Then, in 2017, the state-controlled NTPC started operating a 1,320 megawatt coal-fired power plant. In addition to competing with local companies and residents for water from a nearby reservoir, it supplied energy to the district.
