New Delhi, July 5, 2012: After HT exposed water mismanagement at the hands of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) staff, the board is receiving brickbats from all quarters. The chief minister has asked the DJB CEO to be more vigilant. Experts too have condemned the board for wasting potable water. H

New Delhi, July 5, 2012: This summer, with historic highs in temperature, has been the cruelest in decades here in the capital. But it is the debilitating cuts in water supply that have made the heat particularly unbearable.

As Delhi and Haryana exchange heated words over water scarcity in the states, the solution to the crisis might lie in better water management by the states.

New Delhi, June 16, 2012: It’s bad every summer. But this season the water shortage in the city was made worse by the tussle between Delhi and Haryana. And while the two neighbours try to sort out the dispute over sharing of Yamuna's water, tempers in some Delhi localities are getting frayed.