BJP activists led by Delhi unit chief Vijay Goel held a demonstration near ITO with police using water cannons and lathicharge to disperse them.
"The crisis is so acute and the common people are in such a desperate situation that Delhi could face severe water riots in days to come as it has happened earlier also," Goel said addressing BJP workers.
Ironically, while the water tariff had increased from 35 paisa per litre to Rs 35 per litre during Congress regime in Delhi, there is unabated deterioration in water supply across the Capital, he said.
Citing a CAG report, Goel said 78.38 per cent RWAs claimed that they did not receive sufficient water in summer, 57.66 per cent RWAS complained that they received water for less than two hours a day in summers 53.15 per cent RWAs felt that water supplied by DJB was unfit for drinking in summer.
He said more than 1,600 unauthorised colonies in the city housing a population of no less than 60 lakh are rge worst hit with almost no piped water supply available there.