Charkhi Dadri, May 21 -- Residents of Haryana's Charkhi Dadri district are grappling with an acute water crisis, with households increasingly dependent on water tankers for their daily needs amid a prolonged shortage.

Locals say the situation has persisted for over a week, disrupting daily routines and forcing families to either wait endlessly for tankers or purchase water at high prices.

A resident said, "There is no water. We have been facing this problem for more than a week. Children have to go to school, but how will they take a bath?... Even if we are calling for tankers, they are not available on time... Earlier, the water used to be so dirty that the children used to fall sick... No one from the administration has come yet."

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