Six Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the Tamale Metropolis are the hardest-hit by acute water shortage that has engulfed the metropolis for some time now, The Ghanaian Times has gath­ered.

The situation, which has persisted for a number of years, has now worsened, com­pelling students of the affected schools to search for water off campus on daily basis.

This has become disruptive to smooth teaching and learning at Tamale Islam­ic SHS, Tamale Girls SHS, Ghana SHS, Kalpohini SHS, Dabokpa Technical Institute and Vitting Secondary Technical School.

Students of Vitting Secondary School with gallons to fetchmuddy water from a dam It has become common to sight students in several parts of the metropolis with their "Yellow Yellow" plastic jerrycans mostly tied to their waists combing for water.