JAIPUR: At a time when Pink City is facing acute scarcity of drinking water, lakhs of litres were wasted on Sunday when a water tank valve failed around 7.30 am at Sector 8 of Vidhyadhar Nagar. The tank supplies water in Sectors 6, 7 and 8.

Public Health Engineering Department executive engineer V S Mahecha, said, "The valve failed before the morning water supply could be made.