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The Hindu
5 days ago
- Climate
- The Hindu
Steady flood continues into Himayatsagar
With incessant rains in the upstream areas, steady flood continued to Himayatsagar reservoir on Wednesday, prompting officials to operate a total of four gates to let water downstream. The water level in the reservoir hovered around the full tank level of 1763.50 feet and officials maintained an outflow of 3,854 cusecs. The reservoir kept receiving about 1,600 cusecs flood. Officials, as at 6 p.m. operated four gates to a height of three feet. Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) Executive Director Mayank Mittal along with senior officials inspected the flood situation at the reservoir and took stock of the gate maintenance and operation. In a separate review, Managing Director K. Ashok Reddy instructed officials to focus on delivering clean and safe water to households and check issues of contamination and sewage overflow. He instructed officials and the emergency response teams to be vigilant and particularly desilt and monitor the 141 water-logging hotspots identified by GHMC and HYDRAA. Officials were also instructed to conduct more quality tests during the period of water supply, and for distribution of chlorine tablets, and use of alum dosages to adjust water turbidity at the water treatment plant level. Mr. Reddy warned people against opening manhole covers for any reason. A criminal act as per the HMWS&S Act, he said violators could be booked. Instead, the Board can reached on 155313 for quick resolution, he advised.
The Hindu
06-08-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Sewer manhole collapses in Old Malakpet
The drain slab that had caved in at Banjara Hills on Tuesday, taking down a tanker along, in the aftermath of the heavy rain on Monday, is a grim reminder about the status of drains in the core part of the capital city. Close on the heels of the incident on Wednesday, one more sewer manhole of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board collapsed at Panchasheela, Old Malakpet. Not very long ago, repeated collapse of another drain at Chaknawadi area of Goshamahal, resulted in heavy losses for small time traders in the area, as a truck and several two wheelers fell into the drain along with the slab. All these instances are indicative of the fact that vital infrastructure is crumbling underneath the blacktop in the city. While hundreds of crores of rupees are being spent on adding to the drain network by way of Strategic Nala Development Programme, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has been ignoring the need for maintenance of the existing storm water drains. The city has a total 1,302 kilometres of drain network, which includes major, medium and minor nalas. Of this, 383 kilometres are major drains. A predominant percentage of these drains falls within the core city, and has aged considerably. 'Most of these drains are over 40 years old, and are in need of repairs. They are all RR masonry [Random Rubble masonry] drains, while the modern ones are of RCC. However, the drain that collapsed in Banjara Hills had its sidewalls intact,' a senior Engineering official from GHMC said. An estimate of ₹68 lakh has been submitted to the zonal commissioner for restoration of the slab, he informed. The drain joins the Bulkapur nala coming from Ahmednagar. The official however admitted that the old drain network is in dilapidated condition, and the issue had been taken cognisance of. In Chaknawadi, the drain was repaired in bits and pieces whenever a collapse incident happened. Of the 360-metre drain, 200 metres has been renovated, and a proposal has been sent to the government for renovation of the remaining part. Continuous flow of sewage even during dry season affects the soundness of the drains, officials say. Methane gas released from the faecal waste over time, results in formation and thriving of corrosive substances, which eat into the masonry and even concrete structures. The drains of the city are also host to a variety of chemical pollutants, which only add to the corrosion. Workers at the collapsed drain in Banjara Hills witnessed rosy tinted effluents rushing through the drain, the source of which was not known. Preliminary enquiries revealed that the colour was owing to a clothes dyeing unit which was letting the waste water into the drain.
The Hindu
20-07-2025
- Science
- The Hindu
Hyderabad water board to study feasibility of automating its traditional valves
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) will take up a feasibility study of operating up to 1000 of its various valves using smart technology. Banking on the success registered in the Sanathnagar operation and management division, the Board chief K. Ashok Reddy has instructed officials to chalk out plans to conduct a study on experimental basis. The idea is to set up a control room at the head office and design a system to operate, control, and monitor the valves through a unified system. He said that the technology use should be designed so that the performance of smart meters, quantity and quality of water distributed, as well as billing details, can be linked to this system to improve operational efficiency. The Board operates over 15,000 various big and small valves in the city to supply water to consumers on a daily basis. Of them, at least 35% are operated regularly by linemen in various areas. But a majority of the valves are also on the arterial and other busy and narrow lanes in the city often causing risks to the linemen, who go from field to field to operate. The Board says that certain incidents in the past have also resulted in the loss of life and limb of its linemen. With smart valve technology, valve operation becomes an application-based operation from a phone, through Internet of Things (IOT) communication. Quality of water, quantity supplied, chlorine content, other parameters, and contamination can be monitored in real time on a dashboard. Mr. Ashok Reddy also suggested officials to install smart meters at the reservoir outlets and in areas with bulk connections so that technology can be used to bring every drop supplied into account and help conservation.
The Hindu
19-07-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Hyderabad Water Board to construct 16,000 recharge pits in 90-days to augment groundwater resources
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has decided to take up a 90-day special action drive to construct 16,000 recharge pits to augment groundwater storage in the city and up to ORR limits. Managing Director K. Ashok Reddy on Friday informed that the plan is a direction from Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and is being supervised by Hyderabad district in-charge Minister Ponnam Prabhakar. He along with executive director Mayank Mittal addressed voluntary organisations working in water conservation area and chalked out a collaborative plan. In this scheme, in the first week, NGOs and organisations are tasked to identify suitable areas in the city for construction of recharge pits – injection wells, unused borewells, and rainwater harvesting pits for residential properties and apartment complexes. Following identification, a public awareness campaign is conducted in residential colonies to explain about rainwater harvesting pits, injection wells, and methods to convert defunct borewell into injection borewells. The campaign 'Intiko Inkudu Guntha' is a planned approach to augment groundwater resources and gradually reduce residents' dependence on water tankers for daily needs, particularly in the summer season, officials said. Mr. Mittal informed that the 16,000 new recharge pits will be photographed, geo-tagged, uploaded in a special mobile application and can be monitored on a dashboard to check progress and maintenance from time to time.
Time of India
30-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Smart water management:: HMWSSB plans smart meters with daily usage tracking for nearly a lakh high-consumption households in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: To ensure accurate billing and help customers monitor daily consumption pattern and usage, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) has decided to implement smart meters for nearly a lakh high-consumption households in the city. These one lakh consumers contribute 80 crore revenue, while all the other consumers (over 13 lakh) account for 100 crore in water bills. In this regard, the water board has sought expression of interest (EoI) from private agencies for the installation of 'automatic meter reading' meters to keep a tab on usage statistics through their monitoring dashboard. You Can Also Check: Hyderabad AQI | Weather in Hyderabad | Bank Holidays in Hyderabad | Public Holidays in Hyderabad Ultrasonic technology As per the EoI, the agencies would have to render metering services for a period of five years along with necessary accoutrements such as u-bend and couplings for sizes 25mm diameter and above with ultrasonic technology. They must provide services, including accurate measurement of quantity supplied, recording and communication of meter readings, and other metrics relevant to the meter such as battery strength, reverse-flow readings, negative totalizer, and tamper alarm. These meters would quantify the flows and consumption and communicate the readings to the board servers at least once a day. The agencies would be responsible for installations, un-installation, upkeep, maintenance, inspections, meter testing, and calibration as directed by the board officials. Alternatively, the agency should procure and maintain 5% to 10% of all sizes of the number of meters assigned in the agreement as buffer stock and sustain such buffer stock to the prescribed percentage.
