How can I give them water for washing their hands when we don't have even enough water to drink?" There is a piped water connection but the supply is extremely erratic and a pump connected to the groundwater mostly spews air. - Liquid gold -Even before the coronavirus pandemic, water was in short supply for the 100 million people living in India's urban slums. - More misery -India's coronavirus lockdown is slowly being eased but the restrictions have compounded the miseries of the current heatwave. In Delhi, a sprawling city teeming with 20 million people, demand for water outstrips supply by an estimated 200 million gallons (760 million litres) per day.

Source: Bangkok Post May 28, 2020 03:00 UTC