Imagine fighting for water every day. That's life in Sanjay Camp.
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00:00This is the daily reality for residents of a Delhi slum, where fights often break out
00:08as people struggle to secure enough water for their families.
00:21Brute is here at South Delhi's Chanakya Puri area and just 10 minutes away, there's a slum
00:26called Sanjay Camp.
00:30The slum is home to more than 10,000 people, and every morning, these people queue up to
00:37get a few buckets of water.
01:00Residents said that they rely on tankers and the bore well as their only source of water
01:05in their locality.
01:06But it also comes with its own challenges.
01:25However, residents said that each house is limited to five buckets of water, which doesn't
02:02Like other residents, Vasudha Devi makes more than 10 rounds to fill water for her house.
02:51If the people miss the water tanker that comes once a day, they have to walk nearly a kilometre
03:02to Moti Bagh with their buckets.
03:32The majority of these houses don't have a water supply connection.
03:55Pipes were laid by Delhi's Civic Body and DMC two months ago, but they had been running
04:00dry since they were installed.
04:30I went across the camp to understand how people manage their day-to-day chores.
06:30Despite struggling for a basic commodity, the slum dwellers choose to stay in Sanjay
06:35Camp, clinging to the hope that one day they will get equal access to water.