India, Oct. 29 -- The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Kharagpur in West Bengal is facing an acute shortage of water for the past one week, people aware of the developments said.

"There is hardly any water in the toilets. Even drinking water isn't available all the time. We are buying bottled water. When one needs to go to the washroom or take a bath, they have to go to another block where there may be water at that point of time," a student said.

Students said the water scarcity started around a week ago and authorities are yet to fund a solution.

"It has been a problem for some time and major rework is going on to resolve it once and for all," said Suman Chakraborty, director of IIT Kharagpur.

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