Taps run dry in Kolkata colony for 50 days; residents allege bias

For the last 52 days, residents of Jyoti Nagar colony in Kolkata’s Cossipore have been surviving without drinking water. Five public taps serving the area had run dry since July 29, following pipeline work carried out by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).

The colony is located on the bank of the Ganges next to the centuries-old Cossipore Guns and Shells factory under ward number 6. Around 5,000 people, mostly from the Muslim community, reside in the area. However, on July 29, the water supply stopped at all five taps serving the area and has not yet resumed.