Ludhiana, May 24 -- As taps reportedly ran dry in the sweltering summer heat, residents of Shadi Lal Colony in Jai Shakti Nagar took to the streets on Saturday, blocking Tibba Road for nearly five hours to protest the alleged failure of authorities to provide regular drinking water supply.

The agitated residents staged the blockade from 9 am to 2 pm, disrupting traffic movement and raising slogans against the civic administration over the alleged lack of response to repeated complaints.

"We are not getting regular drinking water for the last two weeks. We have knocked on all doors, but no one is helping us in this extreme heat. We were left with no alternative but to stage a protest to express our pain," said local resident Rohit Arora....