haryana is a gateway into india. it's not just travel disruption.hi is facing a water crisis as protesters shut down the city's main water source, 60% of the water supply comes from haryana. they have been protesting for days. he said, like the rest of his family, he has had to become a farmer because the jat community is not interviewe included in the reservation. >> i had reservation status, i would have a proper government job. i'm a graduate but i can't even get a low-level police job. how can our family and kids be successful? this system defeats us. [ protesting ] >> since the 1990s, india's supreme court has quashed several attempts to grant the community reservation status, which would give them access to government jobs and access to educational institutions. this time they're determined to get it. >> all people from our community, from children to the elderly are prepared to die for this. no one can take our rights. >> it's the government leaders in a tight spot. the jats have been promised reservation status many times, especially during

the unrest in haryana state has killed at least 19 people and cut off water to new delhi, as jonathanler of independent television news reports. >> reporter: the angry people in haryana have taken the bull by the horns. thousands are protesting against a lack of prospects in a fragile new world where many fall through the cracks. paramilitary forces were ordered to shoot looters and rioters on site, and they did. tonight, more than 10 million people in delhi have no water to drink or wash if because the protesters sabotaged the munak canal which provides the capital with most of its water supply. the protesters belong to the jat farming caste of whom there are 18 million across north india. 8 million in haryana, the state northwest of delhi. they want more government jobs and places in state education institutions, half of which are ring fens for what the indian government calls other backward classes traditionally more disadvantaged than gats. >> the generation of the jat community are in danger of losing out. we are communing hope for the younger generation. the government should ma

is in a landlocked area and much of the supply comes from neighboring states. ,hat is coming from haryana where vegetation is happening right now. if you live in an upmarket area, you get the government water supply, but you have the money to install powerful water pumps and storage tanks and you get enough water. but if you are in a slum or live in a poor area, unauthorized colonies come there are one or to take and people have buckets in the money so they can get their water. but when there is no supply, everyone is in the same boat. like situations because there is no water and in many areas police have to be prepared to control the situation. katty: water is a great unifier. thanks for coming in. and we don't know when the water will get turned back on in delhi . it may take some time. the united states and russia have announced that a truce will come into effect in syria on friday night. the plan was agreed 10 days ago but there has been a dispute over when it should start. it does not apply to the so-called islamic state or the nusra front, which means that american and russian stri

in india, the government has reached a deal to end deadly protests in the state of haryana. rail and road traffic disrupted, water supplies cut off to large parts of the capital. billions lost in productivity and 16 deaths. the violence was sparked by members of one of india's castes. reporter: what started out as peaceful demonstrations against inequality turned deadly. buildings and train stations looted, gutted with fire. trains delayed because of sit-ins on railway tracks and highways blocked to a standstill the jats, a traditionally rural community of farmers, have been leading protests. they say they're excluded from a quota system that gives more opportunities to indians from lower castes. they want more government jobs and access to state-run universities and at a made sure demands caused problems everywhere. this is the canal in hirana state where jats are the majority caste. it supplies water to delhi. protestors shut it down, causing water shortages in delhi, forcing authorities to close schools. the army says the government has taken control of the canal. transla

the jats are the single biggest community in the state in haryana will nearly 8 million members. they're protesting the centuries old caste system. it gives that status to lower caste to help with getting positions in government and education in universities. they feel they're over looked being hurt economically. they want an assured share of the public sector jobs on offer. the protests have turned voipt. soldiers fired on demonstrators who blocked railway tracks and attacked ministers' homes. there was this update. >> reporter: protesters have been granted or allowed reservation status by the government previously, but the supreme court has stepped in and said that this cannot be so because of their status and because it tips the numbers of the number of people or the percentage of the population who get reservation status. you can only have 50% of the community and so giving it to the jats will give them more than 50% as they are a large part of the population. going to what is happening now, there have been sporadic bursts of violence, more protests where we have seen some of

the government sent troops today to northern haryana state, where members of a rural caste are demanding more benefits. the protesters have sabotaged pumping equipment that supplies most of the water to delhi's 16- million people. the government has imposed water rationing while engineers try to repair the equipment. indian security forces have killed at least 12 people since protests turned violent on friday. >> and finally, drew hunter has set a new american high school record for running the mile. at the annual miller games track meet in new york yesterday, hunter posted a time of 3 minutes and 57.8 seconds lower his own previous record for the indoor mile by nearly half a second. the 18 year old virginia senior is only the 7th high-school student to run a sub4 minute mile indoors or outdoors since jim ryan did it first in 1964. that's all for this edition of pbs fushour weekend. thanks for watching. i'm alison stewart. good night. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirsc

now the government in haryana state has reportedly agreed to introduce a bill to grant the jat group backward status in order to appease the protesters, who have set fire to shops and railway stations, blocked roads and damaged a key canal. , on the campaign trail, republican presidential candidate texas senator ted cruz has fired his top spokesperson for spreading an inaccurate video of rival candidate, florida senator marco rubio. the video falsely depicts rubio dismissing the importance of the bible. the shakeup in cruz's campaign came one day before today's republican caucuses in nevada. at his final rally ahead of the caucuses, republican frontrunner donald trump criticized one of the multiple protesters who interrupted his speech, saying he wanted to punch the protester in the face. another republican candidate, ohio governor john kasich, has raised eyebrows over his comments on how women helped him get elected to the ohio state senate in 1978. >> got an army of people who -- and many women who let their kitchens to go out and go door-to-door and to put yard signs up for me all