# Noida families scrape leaky pipe for water amid shortage 2026-08-16T19:55:49+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet About 400 families in Valmiki Basti, Sector 78, Noida, have gone without water for nearly a month, NDTV reports. With no municipal supply reaching them, residents have been forced to collect water from a leak in a Gangajal pipeline running beneath a nearby drain. Children and adults have been seen scraping the pipe for drops. The residents say they have repeatedly complained to the Noida Authority and the Jal Nigam, but no action has been taken. The area is not covered by tanker supply, leaving the leaking pipeline as the only source. NDTV footage showed children filling small containers from the seepage. ## Coverage - ndtv.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Jal Nigam, Noida Authority, Sector 78, Valmiki Basti Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/noida-families-scrape-leaky-pipe-for-water-amid-shortage/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/noida-families-scrape-leaky-pipe-for-water-amid-shortage/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/