Ten million without water’ in Delhi

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More than 10 million people in India’s capital are without water despite the army regaining control of its key water source after protests, officials say.  Jat community protesters demanding more government jobs seized the Munak canal, the city’s main water source on Friday. Sixteen people have been killed and hundreds hurt in three days of riots.  chools in the city were also closed after supplies from the canal were sabotaged during the protests. The army took control of parts of the canal on Monday morning, but repairs are expected to take time.

The BBC’s Sanjoy Majumder who is near Delhi’s border with neighbouring Haryana state, said protesters who have set up road blocks are refusing to budge. “We don’t trust them. Let’s get something in writing. Let them spell it out,” one demonstrator who refused to be named?

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