Water Crisis: Delhi Residents Line Up For Tanker Supplies

As the water crisis intensifies in the National Capital, residents of Delhi queued up near water tankers to fill water on Thursday.

Visuals shared by news agency ANI depict people in East Delhi's Geeta Colony and Chanakyapuri's Vivekananda Camp waiting in long lines to access water from the tankers.

Amidst this escalating crisis, Delhi Water Minister Atishi has directed Quick Response Teams to inspect major pipelines to ensure there are no leakages. These teams, consisting of officers at the Additional District Magistrate/Sub Divisional Magistrate level and tehsildars, are tasked with providing water tankers and addressing water-related complaints.

"Chief Secretary is hereby directed to ensure that these teams monitor and inspect the main water distribution network from water sources to our water treatment plants, and from Water Treatment Plants to primary underground reservoirs," Atishi stated.

"The teams shall inspect the major pipelines to ensure there is no leakage in any pipeline. If there is any leakage, it must be repaired within 12 hours. At this time of water shortage, not a single drop of water can be wasted," she emphasized in her communication dated June 11.

A daily report of all inspections conducted by the Quick Response Teams will be submitted to her office by 5 pm every day, the minister added.

"Since Delhi is facing an acute water shortage during this heat wave, measures are being taken to prevent wastage of water. Special teams of ADMs and SDMs have been deployed to monitor the main water distribution network to ensure no wastage of water due to leakages," she said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).