Pictures: Water reservoirs run dry in India's Chennai

People chosen after draw of lots collect water from a community well at Eswari Nagar in Pallavaram municipality

Many parts of Chennai are affected with water shortage this summer and residents in this locality are selected to collect water from a community well through draw of lots

People with their vessels wait for the opening of draw of lots to fetch water from a community well at Eswari Nagar

The dried out Puzhal reservoir on the outskirts of Chennai.

A man shows fish that are believed to have died in the drying Lake Thiruneermalai due to lack of rainfall

A view of Poondi reservoir, one of the major water sources to residents of Chennai has gone bone dry due to acute water shortage prevailing in city following the increase in heat temperature at Poondi reservoir

A measuring tower at the dried out Puzhal reservoir on the outskirts of Chennai

Indian youths looking for mud crabs and fish in a last bit of water in the dried out Puzhal reservoir on the outskirts of Chennai. Water levels in the four main reservoirs in Chennai have fallen to one of its lowest levels in 70 years, according to Indian media reports

An Indian youth walks on the dry bed of a lake covered with dead fish, on the outskirts of Chennai

Women fetch water from an opening made by residents at a dried-up lake in Chennai, India