<p>New Delhi: Two tankers were seized for allegedly stealing water from the Munak canal here, police said on Friday.</p>.<p>This comes a day after police began patrolling the Munak canal area to check the activities of the tanker mafia as the water crisis in Delhi worsened.</p>.<p>"We have seized two water tankers for stealing water from the canal. One tanker was seized from 'kacchi sadar' near an agricultural field and the other from D-Block, DSIIDC. We have registered two cases under the Environment Protection Act at Bawana and NIA police stations," a senior police officer said.</p>.<p>The officer said 56 police personnel are guarding the canal in shifts.</p>.Respite from heat: IMD predicts light rain in Delhi on June 14.<p>According to officials, police teams have set up pickets and are patrolling the 15-kilometre stretch of the canal on the Haryana borders.</p>.<p>The canal enters Delhi from Bawana and reaches the Haiderpur treatment plant.</p>.<p>Teams from Bawana, Narela Industrial Area, Shahbad Dairy and Samaypur Badli police stations have been tasked with patrolling the canal and the nearby areas. </p>
<p>New Delhi: Two tankers were seized for allegedly stealing water from the Munak canal here, police said on Friday.</p>.<p>This comes a day after police began patrolling the Munak canal area to check the activities of the tanker mafia as the water crisis in Delhi worsened.</p>.<p>"We have seized two water tankers for stealing water from the canal. One tanker was seized from 'kacchi sadar' near an agricultural field and the other from D-Block, DSIIDC. We have registered two cases under the Environment Protection Act at Bawana and NIA police stations," a senior police officer said.</p>.<p>The officer said 56 police personnel are guarding the canal in shifts.</p>.Respite from heat: IMD predicts light rain in Delhi on June 14.<p>According to officials, police teams have set up pickets and are patrolling the 15-kilometre stretch of the canal on the Haryana borders.</p>.<p>The canal enters Delhi from Bawana and reaches the Haiderpur treatment plant.</p>.<p>Teams from Bawana, Narela Industrial Area, Shahbad Dairy and Samaypur Badli police stations have been tasked with patrolling the canal and the nearby areas. </p>