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Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday laid foundation stones for several development works worth Rs 396.09 crore in the Mahbubnagar district. The Chief Minister visited Mahbubnagar as part of his district tour programme, which is aimed at monitoring the implementation of government schemes and interacting with people and local officials and to interact with Congress workers to strengthen …

Hyderabad's STPs trial run nearing completion

Hyderabad: The trial run for sewage treatment plants being constructed under the aegis of Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board is nearing completion, board managing director Dana Kishore said on Saturday. Kishore said that work had been completed on the Durgam Cheruvu STP, with a capacity of 7 million gallons a day, and it was undergoing trial runs for …

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HYDERABAD: Durgam Cheruvu Sewage Treatment Plant, one of the 31 STPS being constructed in the city, is nearing completion and is likely to be operational by the end of this month, said an official from the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board. According to a water board official, the Durgam Cheruvu STP, being constructed at an approximate cost of …

HYDERABAD: While inspecting development works at the Neopolis Layout in Kokapet, being developed by HMDA, on Saturday, minister K.T. Rama Rao told engineers at the site that as it was a greenfield project, there was great potential to build world class facilities. The minister also conducted a surprise inspection of the under-construction sewage treatment plant in Fatehnagar and inspected development …

Hyderabad: The state government has decided to set up the Durgam Cheruvu Development Corporation to improve the water quality in the lake and develop it as a world class tourist destination. Municipal administration principal secretary Arvind Kumar has handed over the job to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and asked it submit proposals at the earliest. Currently, the Durgam Cheruvu …

Hyderabad: About 854 million litres per day of sewage is dumped into the Musi river, making it eighth-most polluted amongst 46 metropolitan Indian cities. The National Green Tribunal had brought it up less than a week ago, saying successive governments and civic bodies had failed to keep the river in the pink of health. “If there are so many sewage …

Hyderabad: Flats ignore sewage units, lakes at risk

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation had stipulated last year that sewerage treatment plants in commercial, industrial and residential structures must be set up, but it has not checked to see if this has indeed been followed. Given the current construction boom in the city, existing water bodies will turn into cesspools if sewage treatment plants are not constructed, as …