India, April 16 -- A sudden shutdown of private water tanker services on Wednesday morning left over 100 housing societies in Undri and Mohammadwadi grappling with an acute water crisis, once again exposing the heavy dependence of these localities on tanker supply in the absence of a reliable civic pipeline network.

Late on Wednesday evening, the tanker operators called off strike following the meeting with police and Regional Transport Office (RTO) officials.

According to operators association member Atul Ghule, the strike was called off after police assured them that tanker operators will be given time of 15 days for various compliances after which action will resume. "We have resumed our services, and tankers have started plying wate...