Leonardo DiCaprio shares concern over Chennai water shortage

Hollywood star and United Nations Messenger of Peace, Leonardo DiCaprio has been quite vocal about environmental issues, especially climate change and water shortage. He has shared various posts on his social media to spread awareness and has often asked his fans to use water efficiently too.

Recently, the star came across the news of the huge water crisis in Chennai, India and he has shown distress over it. He took to his Instagram account and posted a picture of women looking down an empty well. He wrote: “Only rain can save Chennai from this situation.” A well completely empty, and a city without water. The southern Indian city of Chennai is in crisis, after the four main water reservoirs ran completely dry. The acute water shortage has forced the city to scramble for urgent solutions and residents have to stand in line for hours to get water from government tanks. As the water levels depleted, hotels and restaurants started to shut down temporarily, and the air con was turned off in the city’s metro. Officials in the city continue to try and find alternative sources of water – but the community continue to pray for rain. Tap the link in our bio to read more about Chennai’s water crisis”. Check out the post here:

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#Regram #RG @bbcnews: "Only rain can save Chennai from this situation." A well completely empty, and a city without water. The southern Indian city of Chennai is in crisis, after the four main water reservoirs ran completely dry. The acute water shortage has forced the city to scramble for urgent solutions and residents have to stand in line for hours to get water from government tanks. As the water levels depleted, hotels and restaurants started to shut down temporarily, and the air con was turned off in the city's metro. Officials in the city continue to try and find alternative sources of water – but the community continue to pray for rain. Tap the link in our bio to read more about Chennai's water crisis. (📸 Getty Images) #chennai #watercrisis #india #bbcnews

A post shared by Leonardo DiCaprio (@leonardodicaprio) on Jun 25, 2019 at 1:42pm PDT

The actor has been consistently making speeches on various platforms and sharing pictures and videos to draw the attention of general public towards the ongoing climatic change leading to global warming. He has many a times shown his concern towards the pollution prevalent in India as well. We hope that the fans take the matter seriously and follow the actor’s lead. For more entertainment news and updates, stay tuned with CineBlitz.