A crisis which has been ignored for years but seems to get worse with time

I am pretty familiar with the troubles of the water crisis since I have lived most of my life in an Indian city on the Southern side. The crisis gets worse during the summer months. The bitter reality is that nothing has been done to address this issue, and it was meant to get worse. Chennai is totally dependent on the monsoon rains for its need. While the technology and science have developed way too much that the man can step on the moon or ....