Bengaluru, March 23 -- Karnataka Minister Krishna Byre Gowda lashed out at the central government on Saturday as Bengaluru continued to grapple with a severe water crisis.

"We have exhausted all available remedies, of meeting them, urging them, and pleading with govt of India to discharge its duties but all our requests have gone in vain. The GoI continues to ignore and neglect the memorandum submitted by the Government of Karnataka on behalf of its people," the minister said while speaking to reporters in Bengaluru.

"Since people are under distress we are forced to depend on the intervention of the Supreme Court," he added.

Reportedly, the struggle for drinking water continues for the residents of the city. The depletion of groundwate...