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- Delhi has the evidence.
- What it lacks is urgency. AdvertisementFoul smell and discolourisation in the water.
- (Photo: India Today)Sreya ChatterjeeNew Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 8, 2026 20:24 ISTThis is no longer a complaint limited to one forgotten lane or one neglected colony.
- What is unfolding in Delhi is a citywide warning, one that stretches from West Delhi to East Delhi, from kitchen taps to hospital wards.
- Contaminated, sewer-mixed water continues to flow through government pipelines while residents fall sick, and authorities respond with the same familiar refrain: work is underway, or fit report from Delhi Jal Board. After Kunwar Singh Colony, India Today travelled to Namdhari Colony in Ramesh Nagar and Mayur Vihar Phase 2.
