Residents collect drinking water provided by Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC), in a locality facing acute water shortage with onset of summer season, in Ranchi.

Sgt. Chase Toussaint, left, and Sgt. Reggie Farve fill containers with non-potable water for a Jackson resident at Callaway High School in Jackson, Mississippi. Non-potable is bein...

Ricki Mills, right, hands her daughter Raella, 3, a cooking pan she retrieved out of a container waiting for water to wash dishes at an apartment complex without water, in Dallas. ...

Diego Garcia, 9, carries driking water he was given by volunteers at an apartment complex without water in Dallas. Two local bartenders took it upon themselves to bring a truck of ...

Young women collect water from a pipe connected to a water body, owing to the absence of piped water supply in the area, at Thanwala village in Bhaderwah of Doda District.

People, not following social distancing guidelnes, carry cans and other containers to collect drinking water from a tanker, during Unlock 4 in East Delhi.

People, not following social distancing guidelnes, gather to collect drinking water from a tanker, during Unlock 4 in East Delhi.

Women fill containers with water from a leaking water pipeline, during Unlock 3, in Jammu.

Containers placed by locals on a road to reserve their spots to collect drinking water from tankers, during Unlock 3, in Kolkata.

Residents of Chilla village place containers in queues to reserve their spot while waiting to collect water from a tanker of Delhi Jal Board, in New Delhi.

A woman wearing a mask waits to collect drinking water from a tanker, at Mayur Vihar in New Delhi.

People gather to collect drinking water from a tanker at Vivekanand Camp, without following social-distancing guidelines, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, at Chanakyapuri in N...

Empty containers are seen outside home at Vivekand Camp, Chanakyapuri, in New Delhi.

Residents collect water from a New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) tanker, Sanjay Camp, Chanakyapuri, in New Delhi.

Residents collect water from a New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) tanker, Sanjay Camp, Chanakyapuri, in New Delhi.

A man carries water on a bullock-cart at Jawhar village in Palghar district of Maharashtra. People in the region are facing water crisis as almost all wells are nearly dried due to...

People collect water from a well at Jawhar village in Palghar district of Maharashtra.

A village woman walks to fetch water from a well at Mokhada in Palghar district of Maharashtra. People in the region are facing water crisis as almost all wells are nearly dried du...

A woman carries water collected from a well that was refilled by the authorities with the help of a water-tanker, at Nandgaon village in Thane district.

Women fetch water from a well after it was refilled by the authorities with the help of a water-tanker at Nandgaon village in Thane district.