HMDA presses Telangana government to release funds for ORR loan repayment
Updated Feb 22, 2021, 9:01 am IST
The HMDA said that it had not received a penny in the past four financial years despite spending Rs 332.58 crore every year from its kitty
The state borrowed Rs 332.58 crore from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) but did not channel funds to the municipal authority in the last four financial years. By arrangement
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) is knocking on the doors of the state government, seeking repayment of the money it spent for the construction of the Outer Ring Road (ORR). The HMDA had borrowed the money, and needs to repay it.
Ring main water grid works inch slowly, long wait for ORR residents
Updated Feb 8, 2021, 11:40 pm IST
The project ring main-2 is an arrangement of pipes, forming a loop, which aids in the supply of water
The water board has only completed works worth Rs 120 crore, against the total project cost of Rs 4,750 crore. Representational image/AFP
Hyderabad: The ring main project taken up by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) is running at snail’s pace. Out of the 158-kms inter-connected water line grid planned, the water board has only completed 9-kms pipeline works at Muthangi-Kokapet.
Officials said that the state government did give sanctions for the remaining 148-kms ring main, which would, when completed, quench the thirst of residents living in the outer ring road (ORR).