Nation-wide high temperature has been heightening the protracted water shortage in Bengaluru, the capital city of India's southern Karnataka State, where residents have long been struggling with water crisis caused by urban expansion.

Facing an unbearable temperature of as high as 40 Celsius-degrees, the city's 13 million residents, who have already been battling with depletion of freshwater resources and heat waves, are now facing the possibility of deteriorating water crisis.

Official data showed that typically, water consumption in Bengaluru stands at 2.6 million tons per day and now there is a daily shortfall of 500,000 tons of water.

As temperature continues to rise, residents' demand for water increase significantly and in some residential areas, water is supplied only in certain time periods and is limited in amount.

"You can see the setup here. I have kept this filter waste bar, pipe in there, this 100-liter drum. So, this water, we use for home cleaning, washing utensils and all," said Kandi Chauhan, a resident.

Since March, water supply department in Bengaluru has put in place a mandatory measure to cut water supply of major water users in the city, except hospitals, by 20 percent. Consequently, businesses of local restaurants and pubs have been affected.

"With water, our business runs well, but without water, how can we do our business. We need water. No water, no business," said a restaurant owner, Manju Nath.

In some urban areas, where no water pipelines have been installed yet, water wagons are the only means left for local authorities to send water to residents. But the amount is not up to the demand, and the residents are allowed to get water two times a day only.

"Water wagons come two times a day only, and in my house, I do not have enough water in the water tank," said Ravinder, another resident.

According to reports of Indian media, underground water supports over half of the water consumption in Bengaluru. Over recent years, due to rapid urban expansion, about 7,000 of the city's 13,900 wells have gone dry.

Water shortage used to be an occasional trouble in Bengaluru, but now as impacts of climate change plummets the city's rainfall, it is now a crisis its residents have to face.

SHOTLIST:

Bengaluru City, Karnataka State, India - Recent
1. Various of traffic, residents;
2. Various of water-taps;
3. Various of Kandi Chauhan, resident, watering flowers, washing clothes;
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Kandi Chauhan, resident (ending with shot 5):
"You can see the setup here. I have kept this filter waste bar, pipe in there, this [one]-hundred-liter drum. So, this water, we use for home cleaning, washing utensils and all.";
5. Kandi Chauhan doing home cleaning;
6. Various of residents drinking water, eating ice cream;
7. SOUNDBITE (Kannada) Manju Nath, restaurant owner:
"With water, our business runs well, but without water, how can we do our business. We need water. No water, no business.";
8. Various of children drinking, gathering water, sitting on ground;
9. SOUNDBITE (Kannada) Ravinder, resident (full name not given) (ending with shot 10):
"Water wagons come two times a day only, and in my house, I do not have enough water in the water tank.";
10. Resident washing clothes;
11. Various of water wagons.

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