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The Hindu
6 days ago
- General
- The Hindu
HMWS&SB MD directs urgent repairs on Malakpet drains; hotel owner fined for illegally dumping waste into sewerage line
Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) Managing Director K. Ashok Reddy directed urgent repair works to remedy the drainage situation near Akbar Plaza at Nalgonda Chowrasta in Old Malakpet on Tuesday. Traffic congestion, police diversions, and public inconvenience reached alarming levels as sewage kept overflowing onto the roads over the past few days. Mr. Ashok Reddy, who conducted an on-site inspection said the severity is due to the decades-old sewerage line that is in a deteriorating state combined with the proximity of GHMCs stormwater drain and the heavy flow of traffic in the area, which made identification of the exact damage location difficult. He instructed officials for construction of a new line from Nalgonda Chowrasta to Malakpet Road Under Bridge (RUB) to check for future overflows. In addition to desilting the nearby sewerage lines and manholes, he suggested connecting multiple lines to a centralised outlet. Hotel waste into sewerage line On Tuesday, it was also found that the hotel adjacent to Nalgonda Chowrasta has illegally connected its sewerage line directly to the HMWS&SBs line to discard its daily waste, and the bulk food waste was being dumped into the manhole. This was identified to be one of the major reasons for sewage overflow and spilling onto the roads, officials said. Expressing displeasure, Mr. Reddy imposed a fine of Rs. 10,000 on the hotel owner and mandated him to construct a silt chamber within 10 days, failing which the hotel will be closed for violations and causing public inconvenience. Permanent solution Mr. Reddy called for a comprehensive study of the situation by both officials from HMWS&SB and GHMC, particularly to identify intersecting lines. He also suggested construction of separate sewerage and stormwater lines to prevent future mixing and overflows.
The Hindu
30-05-2025
- General
- The Hindu
HMWSSB warns users against responding to unauthorised messages
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) on Friday advised all its users not to click or respond to unauthorised messages about water connections, pending payments and alerts. The Board said it found users receiving messages from unidentified mobile numbers claiming to be official sender and advising them to pay dues by 9.30 p.m., failing which their water connections will be cut. Such messages further direct recipients to contact another number for assistance. Upon contacting, the users are sent an APK file via WhatsApp. 'These are unauthorized and misleading messages. No such messages are being sent by HMWS&SB. All official communication from HMWS&SB are issued through authorised channels only. For any clarification or service-related queries, citizens are requested to contact the official HMWSSB helpline 155313,' it clarified.
The Hindu
06-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Osman Nagar reservoirs getting ready for inauguration
The twin reservoirs at Osman Nagar in Patancheru constituency, built with 4 ML and 2 ML capacities, to provide drinking water to villages, residential colonies and gated communities along the Outer Ring Road (ORR) are getting ready for inauguration. Built at a cost of ₹30 crore, under the ORR phase 2 and package 2 project, the reservoirs will provide drinking water to nearly 1 lakh people in the area. So far, 55 bulk connections are planned and 22 km of distribution pipelines have been laid. With this facility, Tellapur municipality's drinking needs will be fully met. Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) managing director Ashok Reddy on Tuesday, during his inspection of the various units, instructed site officials for expedited works of internal roads and landscaping. The completed works so far include distribution lines, reservoir construction, inlet and outlet works, electrical works and the chlorine room. The Board has also recently conducted trial runs. According to officials, assessing the need of the service area, a water audit has also been conducted. Flow meters, to track usage of water and identify transmission losses, have been installed. Smart valve system The Board is also implementing its smart valve system on an experimental basis here. A similar method is also in operation in Sanathnagar. Through this solar-powered smart system, valve operations can be enabled via a mobile application. It also gives insights about water quality, quantity and chlorine levels. For supervision, the same readings of will be relayed and accessible to the main dashboard in real time set up at the head office. The system is set such that the user will be alerted online if the chlorine level in the water drops from the set standard. The Osman Nagar facility will be spruced up with gardening, signboards, solar-powered lighting, paintings and CCTV network for live monitoring. The ORR Project Phase 2 is a ₹1,200-crore project aimed at building 71 new service reservoirs and 2,758km pipeline network, to cover seven municipal corporations, 18 municipalities and 24 gram panchayats, and benefit a population of 25 lakh.
News18
03-05-2025
- Politics
- News18
Hyderabad Reels Under Severe Water Shortage, Locals Spend Rs 2,500 Per Week
Last Updated: As the demand for water increases with summer, the suppliers of tankers are sending at least five to six tankers daily in different shifts to the western and central regions. With the arrival of summer, Hyderabad is reeling under a severe water crisis. Taps are running dry and the price of water is also on a massive rise. While the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) have already deployed more than 10,000 water tankers, the demand, mostly in the western and central areas of the city, continues to increase. Regions including Madhapur and Kondapur are witnessing a sharp rise in the demand for water tanks. According to a report by the Times Of India, several tanker operators are sending at least five to six tankers daily in different shifts to the western and central regions. The tanker operators have been supplying nearly 80 to 90 kilolitres of water daily to several residential societies for the past two weeks. Several locals also took to the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to express concern over the rising water prices and the crisis being faced by the city. One netizen with the username @gbsiva93 called for action by the government and wrote, 'Central govt should take over all river controls and connect each other. Should provide water to all cities without shortage. India has lot of water resources but poor water management system making water scarcity in major cities. Now its #Hyderabad." 'When u got elected as MLA , u were so active. U tried to change lot of things. Whether its achieved or not doesn't matter but u tried. But after became DCM u got lot of power , but u seemed inactive. Use opportunity @Udhaystalin," he said in a second tweet. When u got elected as MLA , u were so active. U tried to change lot of things. Whether its achieved or not doesn't matter but u tried. But after became DCM u got lot of power , but u seemed inactive. Use opportunity @Udhaystalin — Siva kumar (@gbsiva93) May 2, 2025 Reportedly, the price charged for a 25 KL tanker by a private operator is around Rs 3,500 to 4,000. Meanwhile, for a 10 KL water tanker, the suppliers charge around Rs 1,500 to 2,000. Ravi Shanker, a resident of a gated society in Kondapur, said that each family is paying Rs 2,500 per week to buy water. 'Last year, we hardly booked any tankers. But this year supply from the board has been very erratic. We are getting water only for three to four hours instead of the usual seven to eight hours a day. Moreover, borewells in our locality have dried up despite digging up to 1,200 metres. Earlier, even a 600-metre-deep borewell would draw water from the ground," he was quoted as saying by TOI. First Published: May 03, 2025, 08:22 IST
