(Photo | PTI) SHIMLA: Protests continue to rock the Himachal Pradesh capital on Saturday, as the densely populated Kusumpti area continue to reel under acute portable water shortage for the 14th day.
Although no incident of violence was reported in the city, police said.
Hundreds of residents blocked the road leading to the state secretariat, raising slogans against the government and the Shimla Municipal Corporation, both ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
"Despite instructions by the High Court on supplying water in the city on a rotational basis, there is no water supply in this locality.
Residents were out on the streets protesting even late on Friday.
"We are depending on bottled water for cooking and drinking.
There is no water to clean utensils and wash clothes.
I have not taken bath for almost a week now.
A government statement said the civic body received 24.50 million litres per day water on Friday and it was distributed as per the timetable.
It said 1.70 lakh litre water was supplied to different localities through tankers.