Embassies, VIPs scramble for water as supply shrinks in Lutyens' Delhi

THE water scarcity ensued by the unprecedented flood in the city has hit common and elites alike. The days long battle for potable water became so grave on Sunday that the New Delhi Municipal Corporation ran out of water tankers and had to issue an advisory asking all ministers, MP, foreign embassies, and other VIPs apart from residents living in the Lutyens zone to "minimize" their water usage, officials told this newspaper.

- ASHISH SRIVASTAVA

"We have bee receiving scores of calls and messages from embassies, ministries and residents of cabinet ministers, urging us to supply water. While we tried to manage all the request, not all could be accommodated since we have run out of tanks water supply. Hence, an advisory was also issued asking all of them to use water cautiously," a senior NDMC official said.