NEW DELHI, Jun 23 (NNN-PTI) – The ongoing water crisis in the Indian capital territory has intensified, as an official has been on hunger strike, and residents struggled to collect water from tankers.
Amid the scorching summer heat, people in several localities of Delhi had to wait at tankers for hours in queues.
Yesterday marked the second day of the indefinite hunger strike of Atishi, a senior minister in the local Delhi government, against the water shortage. Atishi began her strike on Friday, after writing a letter to the country’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on the ongoing water shortage, seeking his intervention.– NNN-PTI
