India, May 30 -- Water shortages deepened across large parts of Delhi on Friday, with residents in several neighbourhoods reporting dry taps for days, mounting dependence on tankers and growing concerns over contamination, while authorities offered little clarity on when normal supply would be restored.

While complaints of low pressure and disrupted supply have surged over the past week, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and the Delhi government have not issued any public advisory or detailed statement acknowledging the scale of the crisis. Officials confirmed that the practice of issuing daily summer water supply bulletins, which had been followed in previous years, was discontinued last year and has not resumed this summer.

Officials in the w...