New Delhi, June 18 -- A severe water crisis has engulfed several neighbourhoods in Central Delhi's Patel Nagar assembly constituency, leaving residents parched and desperate as temperatures soar.

Areas including Baljit Nagar, Nehru Nagar, Gulshan Chowk, Holi Chowk, and Punjabi Basti are among the worst affected, where, despite the installation of water pipelines, homes remain entirely devoid of piped water.

For the thousands of residents who have called these neighbourhoods home for years, the daily struggle for basic hydration has become a gruelling ordeal.

Locals report waiting in endless queues for hours just to secure a few buckets of water. The arrival of water tankers, often only once a week, frequently sparks chaos, with residen...