Punjab's groundwater crisis is a stark lesson in prioritizing short-term yields over ecological balance, with free electricity for tubewells fueling relentless extraction. But to call it the *classic* example feels distant from my reality here in Chennai, where our water stress is born from rampant concretization choking our aquifers and reservoirs, not just agricultural policy. My own fieldwork mapping vanished lakes in Tambaram showed me how urban development's insatiable pavement is our primary antagonist. So while Punjab's story is critical, our southern cities write our own textbook on unsustainable development, where the rain falls but simply cannot seep back in.
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