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The borewell was sanctioned to resolve insufficient water supply here due to low pressure of water supply.“Then, the Dalit community representative decided to lay two separate lines of water to share the water supply with Thakors too. “When water level depleted drastically, we stopped water supply to the Thakor settlement two months ago. Last year, when ground-water level got depleted, we decided to adopt judicious practices and supply water to Dalit and Thakor families only once in the morning. Ahmedabad: Water scarcity in Gujarat is throwing up ironical water wars. This did not go down well with the accused who often resorted to create ruckus in Rohitvas (Dalit settlement) questioning how can Dalits decide to curtail water supply,” said Bharat Parmar, former village panchayat member.This simmering tension intensified two months ago..