For more news visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com<br />Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision<br />Add us on Facebook ☛ http://facebook.com/NTDTelevision<br /><br />Meanwhile, locals in northern India are facing a severe water shortage. Officials say it's because the distribution system is small and unreliable.<br /><br />Locals residing in the outskirts of the Haldwani district in India's Uttarakhand state are facing a major water shortage. They have to walk more than a mile everyday to fetch water.<br /><br />Local residents say that the authorities are not working to solve the problem.<br /><br />[Raghunath, Local Resident]:<br />"We have complained to the Water Corporation officials, but they open the supply for one day and close it for two days. Sometimes, they supply water for one hour in a public water tap, some get it, and some don't. When we ask them about the reason of this scarcity, they say the tube wells are not functional."<br /><br />Officials blame the small size of the distribution system and the absence of an overhead tanker in the city for leading to the crisis.<br /><br />[Prem Singh, Executive Engineer, Water Supply Department]:<br />"Currently, considering the summer season, we have the appropriate amount of water from Gola River. But, there is a shortage of overhead tanks and tanks, there is a problem, the process of distribution in the tail-end pockets of the town."<br /><br />The Gola River, which is a lifeline in the region, is on the verge of drying up and water levels in the dams have been everely depleted.
