Demand for water up by 60 per cent in Hyderabad
5 years, 5 months ago

Demand for water up by 60 per cent in Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: After giving piped connections in the city, there has been a 60 per cent jump in the demand for water due to the delayed monsoon and drying up of borewells. The Water Board is still getting 3,000 requests per day. It is mostly high-rise buildings, commercial complexes and offices which need the extra water.” Water supply to areas in far-flung places in Kukatpally had 50 per cent requests pending in July. A senior official explained that the estimated water demand in the core area of Hyderabad per household is 150 litres per day.

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Hyderabad Water Supply Hits 1.3 Crore People, Plans for Future Growth
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Hyderabad Water Supply Hits 1.3 Crore People, Plans for Future Growth

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:Water supply was expanded to new areas, including the Outer Ring Road, gated communities, villages and other places, the HMWS&SB stated in its year-end summation of its activities. In a statement, the board said it now serves around 1.3 crore people, supplying drinking water and treating the sewage. A key project approved this year was Phase-2 of the Godavari Drinking …

Revanth Reddy reviews plans for Godavari water transfer to Hyderabad
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Revanth Reddy reviews plans for Godavari water transfer to Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy held a high-level review meeting with officials from the Irrigation Department and Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board to address Hyderabad’s growing drinking water needs. The Chief Minister directed officials to prepare a comprehensive report on lifting Godavari water from the Kondapochamma and Mallanna Sagar reservoirs. To expedite the process, Revanth ordered the …

15.6k Tanks in TG Reach Surplus Levels
4 months, 1 week ago

15.6k Tanks in TG Reach Surplus Levels

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Over 15,600 of Telangana's 34,716 minor irrigation tanks have reached surplus water levels due to continuous heavy rainfall over the past few days. According to official data from the irrigation department, 15,608 minor irrigation tanks have attained surplus levels, indicating that they are filled to or beyond their capacity. In stark contrast, 2,207 tanks have water levels only up …

HMWS&SB water supply to Osmania University more than twice the agreement, Board clarifies
8 months, 2 weeks ago

HMWS&SB water supply to Osmania University more than twice the agreement, Board clarifies

The Hindu  

The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board on Monday said that it has been providing more than twice the capacity of drinking water to Osmania University. Osmania University campus gets its water supply from two sources: Tarnaka, O&M division VII and Adikmet, O&M division V through 200mm diameter pipeline. Water Board chief C. Sudarshan Reddy also spoke to university …

Hyderabad Borewells Dry Up, Residents Rely on Tankers
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Hyderabad Borewells Dry Up, Residents Rely on Tankers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Many residents from the city, while stating that neither the quantity nor duration of water supply by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board has decreased, pointed out that as bore water pressure was decreasing and in some places were drying up, some households were availing of supply by tankers. “The water supply to our society has not …

Most Towns in Telangana Have No Water Crisis
9 months ago

Most Towns in Telangana Have No Water Crisis

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government is ensuring that people get adequate drinking water by implementing the summer action plan that it had drafted earlier to address any shortfall during the summer. Official sources said Chief Minister A.Revanth Reddy was regularly monitoring the drinking water situation and issuing directions to officials on measures to overcome any shortage. With reports of severe heat …

No Bengaluru-like water crisis in Hyderabad, says Dana Kishore
9 months ago

No Bengaluru-like water crisis in Hyderabad, says Dana Kishore

The Hindu  

Principal Secretary M. Dana Kishore on Monday said that there is no shortage of drinking water for summer months in Hyderabad. Addressing media persons, while also spot reviewing the situation division-wise with respective directors and general managers here, he said the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board is more than ready to provide water solutions. Mr. Dana Kishore also …

No Drinking Water Woes in Hyderabad Till July
9 months, 3 weeks ago

No Drinking Water Woes in Hyderabad Till July

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: There is no shortage of drinking water in the city and, thanks to their well-evolved summer action plan, there will be no shortage of water till July, if one goes by the latest records of Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board. Emergency pumping arrangements are in place to draw water from major sources, including Singur reservoir, as per …

Board to supply more drinking water by end of May
1 year, 10 months ago

Board to supply more drinking water by end of May

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board managing director Dana Kishore on Tuesday said that there was no problem in the supply of fresh water to the city and the ORR zone. Speaking at a review meeting, with officials from the revenue, operations and maintenance, transmission and summer departments, Kishore said the board was supplying 565 million gallons of …

Hyderabad: Water board to boost city supply to meet demand
1 year, 10 months ago

Hyderabad: Water board to boost city supply to meet demand

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The city’s water authority decided to draw an additional 50 million gallons a day of water from the Godavari to meet the rising demand, over repeated complaints of water shortage across the city. The state government instructed the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board to ensure sufficient water supply, including for consumption, during the summer. Additional 50 MGD …

Poor drainage system leads to deluge in Hyderabad
2 years, 5 months ago

Poor drainage system leads to deluge in Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Civic authorities were not able to monitor the flow in storm water drains and sewer lines during the rains over the past two weeks, as most of them have been encroached. Over three years, at least Rs 1,000 crore government property and Rs 5,000 crore private property had been damaged in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation limits, the official …

Rain for few hours floods areas in Hyderabad
2 years, 6 months ago

Rain for few hours floods areas in Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Several parts of the city were flooded following the rainfall in the morning hours on Wednesday, putting the people to hardships in residential areas as also on the roads. People started sharing videos of flooded roads in the morning hours. Since last year's floods I am requesting for a proper drain system,” tweeted Mohd Ahmed, a resident of the …

Water crisis spreads in more Hyderabad colonies
2 years, 8 months ago

Water crisis spreads in more Hyderabad colonies

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Water shortage troubles are spreading to more and more colonies in the city. Residents complain that despite several pleas, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board officials are citing technical and operational reasons for the delays. Water supply problems are happening every alternate week in many areas while the supply timings are not maintained in under-served areas. Several colonies …

Water shortage leaves Secunderabad Cantonment Board dry
2 years, 9 months ago

Water shortage leaves Secunderabad Cantonment Board dry

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: As summer heat is at its peak, water shortage is leaving Cantonment residents high and dry. As a timely measure, the Secunderabad Cantonment Board has urged the government to raise the supply levels to a minimum of 8.2 million gallons to be able to provide water every alternate day, as is being done in GHMC areas. However, the Hyderabad …

Hyderabad has enough water this summer: Officials
2 years, 9 months ago

Hyderabad has enough water this summer: Officials

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Officials of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board said there would not be any need for emergency pumping to draw waters from the minimum draw down levels of the reservoirs in Krishna river basin this summer due to adequate water storage. Currently, the Nagarjunasagar reservoir holds water at 547 feet against an MDDL of 510 feet while …

Hyderabad: Godavari, Krishna solve city water crisis
5 years, 5 months ago

Hyderabad: Godavari, Krishna solve city water crisis

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Thanks to massive inflows into the Godavari and Krishna, there is enough water to supply to the twin cities till the next rainy season. The Yellampalli reservoir, the main source to divert Godavari water to capital, has reached full reservoir level. Officials have stopped the emergency pumping of 1,252 million litres of Krishna water everyday from the Nagarjunasagar backwaters …

Water crisis looms as Krishna river levels sink
5 years, 5 months ago

Water crisis looms as Krishna river levels sink

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The depletion of water levels in the Krishna river basin projects has begun affecting supply in the city. Though the Metropolitan Water Board says that the volume of water supplied to the city has remained unchanged, residents complain about very low pressure and irregular water supply. The Water Board says that Hyderabad is receiving 420 million gallons a day …

Mission Paani: Many parts of Hyderabad face drinking water shortage; rainwater harvesting measures remain inadequate
5 years, 6 months ago

Mission Paani: Many parts of Hyderabad face drinking water shortage; rainwater harvesting measures remain inadequate

Firstpost  

The K Chandrasekhar Rao government has made it mandatory for housing complexes spread over 200 square metres to install a rainwater harvesting pit. Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board officials maintain that about 40 percent of residential complexes in GHMC-controlled areas have installed rainwater harvesting pits. In fact, the K Chandrasekhar Rao government has made it mandatory for housing …

No water supply in West Hyderabad for 12 days
5 years, 8 months ago

No water supply in West Hyderabad for 12 days

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Colonies in Gachibowli, Nanakramguda and Madhapur have not been receiving water since 12 days. According to Gachibowli resident Praveen Singhal, as many as 4,000 families reside in the buildings beside Wipro Technologies, and water supply had stopped on April 23. He said the residents had complained to the Water Board but its officials had closed the complaints without resuming …

Hyderabad: Rainfall deficit sinks groundwater levels
5 years, 8 months ago

Hyderabad: Rainfall deficit sinks groundwater levels

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The groundwater level has fallen 0.67 metres on average in the state as compared to the same period last year, on the back of a poor monsoon. The department attributed the lower levels to the 16 per cent deficit rainfall in the water year 2018-19. According to the report, 33.5 per cent of the state area had water in …

Hyderabad: No piped water, people pay extra for tankers
5 years, 9 months ago

Hyderabad: No piped water, people pay extra for tankers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Due to irregular water supply, several parts of the city, including those that are considered ‘posh’ have been forced to rely on water tankers. These areas are not getting piped water and residents are having to pay to water board and purchase tankers. Asked about the problem, a senior water board official said supply to a few areas was …

Hyderabad: Water crisis to impact 10,000 consumers
5 years, 10 months ago

Hyderabad: Water crisis to impact 10,000 consumers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board managing director M. Dana Kishore on Tuesday said that the water board would compensate 50 million gallons a day from Singur/ Manjeera with water from the Godavari river, Osman Sagar and Himayathsagar reservoirs. Mr Kishore assured that the board would supply water tankers 24/7 to these areas. He said that the private …

Water connection to get costlier for Hyderabad outskirts
6 years ago

Water connection to get costlier for Hyderabad outskirts

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Getting a tap water connection will get costlier for residents living in peripheral municipalities and 190 habitations within the outer ring road. They said with both urban Mission Bhagiratha and Hudco works are nearing completion, and residents living in peripheral municipalities and habitations within the ORR must be prepared to pay heavy charges for their tap water connection. A …

Hyderabad: Water crisis looms large
6 years ago

Hyderabad: Water crisis looms large

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Despite a bountiful monsoon, the city is heading towards a water crisis in the summer with levels in the Krishna river basin depleting at an alarming pace. The Water Board has decided to supply water from Manjira and Singur to conserve resources in the Krishna basin. Explaining why water was scarce despite the rain, a Water Board official said …

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