India, Jan. 25 -- The problems faced by Delhiites are increasingly being turned into fodder for political blame games between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with both sides accusing each other instead of focusing on resolving the issues.

A similar situation has been unfolding in Kirari's Sharma Colony for the past several months, where residents have been forced to live amid knee-deep sewage water both inside and outside their homes. Shops in the area have remained shut, students have been compelled to skip school, and daily-wage labourers are struggling to move through sewage-filled streets. Those who could afford to do so have abandoned their homes and shifted to other locations in search of safer livin...