Amid lockdown, residents of Delhi's Chilla village wait for hours for drinking water

Amid Coronavirus lockdown, residents of a village in Delhi expressed ir plight about how y h to stand in a queue for hours for drinking water. Residents of Chilla village in Delhi claimed that y h to queue up since early morning to get drinking water from  Delhi Jal Board (DJB) tankers, which did not have fixed timings.

"I have been waiting here since 7 a.m. re is no relief whatsoever for us. We don't even have ration cards, we are six members in a family. se house owners tell us to go outside to fetch water," said a woman, Meena, to news agency ANI.  Even despite this, people were seen hering to social distancing norms by staying within circles drawn at a distance from each or

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"We have to queue up for at least 2-3 hours to collect drinking water due to shortage of water here. water tanker comes only once in 3-4 days. I have been waiting here since 8:30 a.m.," said Gyanti, anor resident of area. 

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residents also revealed that y h filed a complaint with Delhi Jal Board, but complaint h fallen on deaf ears. "We try to follow social distancing as much as we can. What can we possibly do when we do not have easy access to water. Now tanker came at around 10 a.m. while people have been here since 7 a.m," said Rajesh Mehto. 

Delhi comes second in line, only to Maharashtra when it comes to highest number of COVID-19 infections with a tally of 1,707 cases, out of which 72 patients have recovered while 42 have died.  number of COVID-19 containment zones in Delhi increased to 68 on Friday. total number of COVID-19 samples sent till date stands at 21,409, Delhi Health Department said in a statement.

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(With Agency Inputs)