“Clear all emergencies” – a message from a senior Delhi Jal Board (DJB) official in a WhatsApp group formed this summer, asking his officials to do the needful to ensure “smooth water supply” to housing societies in Dwarka – has done little to reassure local residents facing a water crisis that has forced many resident welfare associations (RWAs) to spend up to Rs 1 lakh a month each on water tankers. Across parts of Dwarka, including sectors 6, 10, 11, 12 and 13, residents said piped water supply has either sharply reduced, comes at extremely low pressure, or has stopped altogether for the two months. The societies, which earlier received water for two hours or more every day, now claimed that supply lasted for only a few minutes, forcing them to depend on DJB and private water tankers. The DJB, while responding to a resident on Friday morning, admitted that there was a problem.…