Chandigarh, April 12 -- Even though the Chandigarh municipal corporation had announced a planned shutdown of water supply on Wednesday and Thursday due to repair work, residents across the city continued to reel under water woes for the third consecutive day on Friday.

Despite being informed in advance about low water pressure due to maintenance work on the Kajauli waterworks pipeline and the 220 KV sub-station in Kharar, residents said the situation remained much worse than anticipated.

Complaints of irregular or no supply came in from multiple sectors, with residents forced to arrange private water tankers. The impact was especially severe on those living on third floors, where low pressure made it impossible to refill overhead tanks....