New Delhi is facing a water crisis after protesters from the Jat community damaged a canal over demands for quotas in government jobs and education.

India's capital is facing a water crisis after a major canal that supplied three-fifths of water to more than 20 million people in the city was damaged by protesters from the Jat community demanding caste quotas in government jobs.

Residents with their empty containers crowd around a municipal tanker to fetch water.

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Officials told BBC that more than 10 million people in Delhi were left without water after the Munak canal in the neighboring state of Haryana was seized and damaged in caste-based protests that have left at least 10 people dead and hundreds injured.

Officials told BBC that more than 10 million people in Delhi were left without water after the Munak canal in the neighboring state of Haryana was seized and damaged in caste-based protests that have left at least 10 people dead and hundreds injured.