World Water Day: Children will face the worst of extreme water shortage

Siblings engaged in drawing water using hand pump at Vizhinjam in Thiruavananthapuram. Defunct pumps have been repaired at many places during drought season. (Kaviyoor Santhosh | EPS)

A security guard quenches his thirst in front of a graffiti that depicts the importance of water conservation, at Cantonment Park, Pallavaram in the city on Tuesday. With the rise in temperature and fast depletion and drying of water bodies, it's high time we pledge to preserve our water resources on this World Water Day.(Sunish P Surendran | EPS)

A monkey drinking water from a tap in Mysuru on Tuesday.(Udayashankar S | EPS)