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NEW DELHI: Despite Uttar Pradesh releasing water for Delhi after the Ganga canal closure, some parts of south Delhi continue to face water shortage. A two-hour long power cut at the Cantt booster pumping station on Thursday disrupted the water supply again for the next two days in the Vasant Vihar command area and part of the Ring Road. Delhi Jal Board is facing a massive increase in demand with Delhi being ravaged by a heat wave since last week. "DJB has touched a record-high production and is treating 834-835 million gallons water per day. Since demand is so high, we have been trying to rationalize water so that everyone gets some supply at least," said a senior official. The supply would resume normally after a day or so, said an official. 0 However, the residents in Saket and nearby Vasant Vihar are complaining that water is yet to reach their homes. At Saket's D block, water supply was disrupted around May 17 - the day the Ganga canal was shut. "Before that, w

LUCKNOW: While soaring temperature is constantly testing patience of people, the element to beat heat - water -- is also not being provided in sufficient quantity. Residents who are already grappling with poor electricity supply in scorching summer are finding hard to survive amid water shortage. The worst hit areas are trans-Gomti localities like Vikasnagar, Nishatganj and Paper Mill Colony. In Paper Mill Colony, residents complain supply is intermittent and even when it is comes, it is just for about half an hour. Manju Chauhan, a resident of Paper Mill Colony, rued: "The water supply has been missing for days and our household chores have been suffering due to water scarcity." In Aliganj, people complain about presence of dust, sand and gravel particles in the government water supply. A resident, Dr RK Verma, said the problem has been chronic. Even Vikasnagar is not free from its share of woes, main being irregular supply hours and extremely thin flow. Ambika Prasad Sriv

HYDERABAD: Osmania General Hospital, the biggest state-run institute, is receiving just 10% of its daily requirement of around 3 lakh litres of water and is struggling to meet its water needs, officials said. Patients and doctors have been hugely inconvenienced as sterilization of instruments, cleaning of operation theatres is being compromised, exposing patients to more infection, doctors said. Also, water shortage also increases the use of disposables, thereby increasing the hospital expenditure. "Though we pay Rs 2 crore annual bill to the Water Board, the supply is pathetic," said a senior doctor at the state-run hospital. "Water and power are the basic requirements in a hospital set up, but their availability is always found wanting," he added. Authorities said because of the persistent water shortage, a second connection was taken, which cost the hospital Rs 4-5 lakh, but in vain. Sources said that casualty ward wears a dirty look due to water scarcity. Fo

KOCHI: Lunch was not a very sumptuous affair for employees and the public in general who depend on city eateries on Tuesday. In fact, many had no choice at all as a majority of restaurants in the city downed their shutters due to water shortage. Around 60% of the 1,800 restaurants, including small and medium ones, remained closed till 3pm. According to the Kerala Hotel and Restaurant Association (KHRA), the eateries were left with no option after water supply was disrupted since Sunday midnight owing to the maintenance work being carried out by the Kerala Water Authority (KWA). The association said there was so much confusion over water supply since the repair work was earlier postponed and later not communicated clearly by KWA, resulting in restaurants failing to store enough water. "Restaurants had no option but to close down. The crisis became worse as water tankers were not allowed to enter the city during day time. If the authorities had given consent, the crisis could ha