India, May 28 -- Delhi continued to reel from water shortage on Wednesday despite Haryana sending additional 55 cusecs through the Munak canal system, with officials pegging the deficiency at about 90-100 million gallons a day (mgd). Senior government officials said that the situation was unlikely to improve unless additional water is released into the Yamuna River channel.

Usually, Delhi receives 1,002mgd of water from the Yamuna, Ganga and groundwater resources, against a demand of 1,250mgd and bridges this gap through tankers and an array of tubewells. However, the current supply level is around 904-905mgd, government officials said, citing increased shortfall and diversion from the Haiderpur water treatment plant to plants at Wazirab...