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Nashik: The district administration has deployed 22 tankers to provide drinking water to 39 villages and two hamlets across six talukas. This is the reason for higher demand of tankers in the taluka,” said Keshav Kamble, a resident of Bharam village.The villagers alleged that the district administration was not very serious on the demand for tankers for drinking water supply and said that the region was in need of at least four more tankers. Sinnar has two tankers supplying water to two villages.In Nandgaon, Malegaon and Deola talukas, one tanker each has been pressed into service.During the corresponding period last year, the administration had deployed 12 tankers to provide drinking water to 17 villages and four hamlets.The scarcity of water in the district is worse this year and the number of tankers are likely to increase more, an official from the district administration said. The demand would go up as the heat rises, they added.In Balgan taluka, seven tankers are being used to supply water to eight villages and a hamlet. The demand for tankers is on the rise.“The villages sharing border with Nandgaon are on a higher altitude compared to those on the eastern and western parts of the taluka..