Water crisis: Delhi getting angry, desperate
An elderly man died of cardiac arrest trying to resolve a fight in the family over dry taps in Shalimar Bagh on Saturday. And in Mukherjee Nagar, three students were beaten up and thrown out by their landlord when they tried to turn on a tap to wash utensils.
These are only two examples of what the water crisis that Delhi is battling for the past fortnight is doing to its people. They are getting angry and desperate. And this is just the beginning of summer. Large areas in west, south-west, north, north-west and outer Delhi have not received water supply since last week.
The staff of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), which supplies drinking water to the city, also got a taste of the anger over the weekend. Residents of south-west Delhi gathered at a DJB complaint centre on Saturday and heckled the staff for failing to supply water tankers despite logging their complaints.
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These are only two examples of what the water crisis that Delhi is battling for the past fortnight is doing to its people. They are getting angry and desperate. And this is just the beginning of summer. Large areas in west, south-west, north, north-west and outer Delhi have not received water supply since last week.
The staff of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), which supplies drinking water to the city, also got a taste of the anger over the weekend. Residents of south-west Delhi gathered at a DJB complaint centre on Saturday and heckled the staff for failing to supply water tankers despite logging their complaints.
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To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com
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