El Niño may trigger severe water crisis, Congress leader warns

Hyderabad, Oct 26 (UNI) Livestock Agency Chairman Charan Kaushik Yadav on Monday warned of a possible severe water crisis in Telangana due to the El Niño effect and urged people to conserve water and farmers to consider alternative crops to minimise potential losses. Speaking to the media at Gandhi Bhavan, he said there was no shortage of food at present, but below-normal rainfall was raising concerns over water availability. He claimed that Greater Hyderabad consumed around 2,600 million litres of water daily, of which nearly half was wasted. He compared this with Bengaluru's daily consumption of 1,600 million litres and…