Work from home, IT firms tell employees as Chennai battles water shortage

June 17, 2019 23:14

A severe drought in Tamil Nadu that has depleted three reservoirs Poondi, Cholavaram and Chembarambakkam - supplying water to Chennai has forced IT companies to redraw their operational plans while many hotels have stopped serving lunch and some have downed their shutters.

On the IT Corridor along the Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR), many companies both small and big - have asked their employees to work from home. This OMR stretch, housing over 650 IT and ITES firms employing lakhs of people, is one of the worst affected areas reeling under water scarcity.

Over 20,000 IT employees have been asked to either work from home or move to the company offices at Bengaluru or Hyderabad. The business establishments in OMR region require 30 million litres of water every day of which 60% is consumed by the IT industries. Nearly 4000 water tankers supply water to these firms, said T Bharanidharan, president of IT Employees Association - UNITE.

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