India, May 31 -- Parts of Delhi continued to remain parched on Sunday, the 10th day, with truncated water supply in several areas of central, north, northwest, and south Delhi on account of the dry Yamuna being unable to provide raw water to the city's largest water treatment plants - Wazirabad and Chandrawal - for producing drinking water.

Despite a light rain forecast on Monday and Tuesday due to a fresh western disturbance, the situation is unlikely to resolve unless more water is released in the Yamuna via the Hathnikund barrage or the Somb channel, both in Haryana, according to Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials.

The Yamuna level has dropped to 668 feet, 6.5 notches below the normal level and close to a historic low of 667ft recorded ...