Water fears bubble up in Delhi

Residents crowding around a municipal tanker to collect water in New Delhi yesterday. Protesters in the northern state of Haryana shut off a canal carrying water to Delhi over the weekend amid demonstrations over caste rights, raising fears of a wate
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Feb 23, 2016, 05:00 AM
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Feb 23, 2016, 05:00 AM

Residents crowding around a municipal tanker to collect water in New Delhi yesterday. Protesters in the northern state of Haryana shut off a canal carrying water to Delhi over the weekend amid demonstrations over caste rights, raising fears of a water crisis in the metropolis. The Munak Canal supplies three-fifths of Delhi's water needs for its more than 20 million people. The protests were called off yesterday evening.

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