With no water in this slum near South Delhi’s Mahipalpur, residents ask: How do we wash our hands?

'A half-filled drum of water measuring about 25 litres is all Rekha has left for her family of six living in a slum cluster near south Delhi’s Mahipalpur. For the past three days, she said, her son and nephew have been unsuccessful in reaching a nearby, privately owned borewell from where they get their daily supply, because of police heavy handedness. “There is not a drop of water left here,” said the 35-year-old, referring to the jhuggi jhopri cluster of about a 100 families that are involved in waste picking in Mahipalpur. “My son tried to get water a couple of days ago but ran into police officers midway, who hit him with lathis and asked him to go back home. They did the same with my nephew a day earlier,” said Rekha...'

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