In what has become a chronic phenomenon, the residents of India’s capital region suffer a virtual drought as the agency in charge of delivering water falls short, despite an uptick in rainfall.
New Delhi Demands Water: The Indian Capital’s Annual Shortage
In what has become a chronic phenomenon, the residents of India's capital region suffer a virtual drought as the agency in charge of delivering water falls short, despite an uptick in rainfall.
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Residents crowd around and climb onto a government tanker delivering drinking water to alleviate a severe shortage in New Delhi in this July 6, 2012 photo. The taps in many areas of the Indian capital go dry in the summer as demand rises, a phenomenon repeated for a number of years now. The drought is partly man-made because there has been an increase in rain this year and yet deliveries to certain parts of the capital have still fallen short.