Water Board ready to meet summer demand: MD

HYDERABAD

The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) is making efforts to increase the quantity of drinking water supplied to the city keeping in view the summer needs.

Board managing director M.Dana Kishore, during a review meeting on Tuesday on the summer action plan, asserted this and said they are preparing to supply an additional 42 million gallons of water per day (MGD) to areas within the Outer Ring Road (ORR).

As of now, the water supply per day is touching 565 million gallons, he said. Of the additional quantity, 22 MGD will be supplied within the city, and 20 MGD in areas outside the city, but within ORR.

Already 14 MGD additional supplies are being given, and plans are to enhance it by another 8 MGD by month-end, and 20 more MGD by May.

Mr.Dana Kishore said efforts are being made to complete the ORR Phase-II drinking water networking project by June this year. Based on the need, an additional 30 MGD of water will be supplied to the municipalities, corporations and village panchayats within ORR, he said.

Speaking of other summer arrangements, Mr.Dana Kishore directed officials to inspect the borewells in various locations and take up repairs wherever necessary under the Annual Maintenance System.

Three more filling stations will be established in the city for supply through tankers, in addition to the existing 74, he said, and asked the officials to increase the number of tankers and trips based on the need. Alternative arrangements should be made to face power cuts and repairs to the pump-sets at the filling stations.