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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.
Time of India
31-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
Water tanker bookings plummet as monsoon makes an early onset
Hyderabad: With the early onset of the southwest monsoon, apartments and gated communities in the western corridor are experiencing respite from the severe water crisis that plagued them since summer, as bookings in their region went down by up to 50%. At the peak of the crisis, these residential complexes relied heavily on water tankers, with around 60% of total water bookings being made solely for their corridor. As the rains lashed the city last week, dependence on water tankers decreased across various divisions in the western corridor, including Durgam Cheruvu (Raidurg), Manikonda, Kukatpally, Nizampet, and Hafeezpet. For instance, the Durgam Cheruvu division, among 22 divisions in the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWSSB), used to consume close to 2,000 tankers a day during the peak summer, accounting for 20% of the total consumption of tankers across the city. This number has now come down by half to 1,000. "A week ago, residents were ordering 1,800 tankers across our division, encompassing Ayyappa Society, Kondapur, Madhapur, and Gachibowli. Currently, the demand has reduced to 1,000 following rainfall and groundwater recharge. During any season, tanker bookings typically remain at 800, as certain areas lack borewell water access and depend on tankers every alternative day when water supply is limited," said a senior official in Durgam Cheruvu division, HMWSSB. Residents say that during the peak summer, gated communities were booking two to four water tankers per day, and now their dependence is reduced to one tanker every two or three days. "The water consumption pattern in our neighbourhood has significantly changed. Currently, apartments are ordering one tanker every two to three days, compared to the previous usage of one to two tankers daily. Notably, residents of Laxmi Priya Colony, who were once heavily dependent on water tankers, have no longer had to place orders due to enhanced water supply from HMWSSB and improved groundwater levels," said J Karthik, a resident of Manikonda. Usually, during the last week of May, the demand for tankers across the city would be 9,000 to 10,000, but due to early onset of the monsoon, it has gone down to around 7,000 daily, showing a significant 30% decrease. "Thanks to the early onset of the monsoon, our residents have got some respite from the water scarcity as dependence has dropped by at least 50%. During peak summer, residents within our gated premises required weekly deliveries of four to five water tankers, each carrying 10KL. This week, however, the requirement has diminished to just one tanker," said Ravi Shankar, president of the Federation of Gated Communities, Cyberabad. BOX: HMWSSB has alerted the public about fraudulent WhatsApp messages in circulation. These messages, sent from the mobile number 84271 56645, are falsely notifying residents about water supply disconnection, citing unpaid bills from the previous month. The board has cautioned citizens to disregard these unauthorised communications.
Time of India
17-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
New reservoir inaugurated in Rahamat Nagar
Hyderabad: In an effort to improve water availability, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board ( HMWSSB ) opened a new Rs 5.7 crore reservoir at SPR Hills in the Rahamat Nagar division on Saturday. This development will address water shortages in 52 bastis and many colonies within the Borabanda and Rahamat Nagar divisions under the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). The facility will distribute three million litres of water per day to 15,000 connections across the 52 bastis in both divisions. Transport minister Ponnam Prabhakar announced that, in order to address the city's water crisis, the tender process for supplying 20 TMC of water, valued at Rs 7,000 crore, had been finalised as part of the Godavari Phase II and III projects. Union minister G Kishan Reddy emphasised that the city had not received any additional water allocation over the past decade. He highlighted the urgent need to improve water distribution to support the city's rapid development and expansion.
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.
Time of India
05-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Godavari II & III projects to enhance Hyderabad's water supply
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board ( HMWSSB ) is set to enhance the city's water supply under the Godavari Phase II & III projects. Works on the project is scheduled to begin within a month, with completion planned for 2027. The project includes the construction of pumphouses, substations, treatment plants, and the installation of main pipelines. Estimated to cost Rs 7,300 crore, the project will facilitate the extraction of an additional 300 MGD, marking a 60% increase in supply. This will boost the city's total water supply from the current 550 MGD to 850 MGD, meeting projected needs for the next 10 years. In 2017-2018, the water board proposed constructing a 10 TMC reservoir in Shamirpet to boost water supply. However, the plan was stalled due to challenges in acquiring the required 1,600 acres of land.
