Hyderabad: Households get free drinking water upto 20k litres per month
By Sakina Fatima| Updated: 18th December 2020 6:27 pm IST PTI Photo
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Hyderabad’s water board is providing up to 20,000 litres of drinking water per month free of cost from December 5. This was after Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao on November 23 promised free supply of drinking water to each and every household.
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) will incur about Rs 35-40 crore per month or Rs 400 crore per annum by supplying the water, which would be reimbursed by the state government.
A senior water board official was quoted by The New Indian Express saying, “We are fulfilling the promise made by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao last month to supply drinking water to households living in Greater Hyderabad limits.”
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Water supply shutdown in Hyderabad on Wednesday
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Major repairs to sluice valves of Krishna water scheme
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Major repairs to sluice valves of Krishna water scheme
There will be a drinking water shutdown or short water supply for 36 hours from 5 a.m. of December 16 (Wednesday) to 5 p.m. of December 17 (Thursday) in the following areas: Miralam, Kishanbagh, Balshettyketh, Aljubail Colony, Aliabad, Hashamabad, Riyasathnagar, Santoshnagar, Vinaynagar, Saidabad, Asmangadh, Dilshukahnagar part, Chanchalguda, Yakutpura, Mehaboobmansion, Boggulakunta, Afzalgunj, Hindinagar, Narayanguda, Adikmet, Shivam and Chilkalguda reservoir areas.
The shutdown has been necessitated due to the repairs for the pump houses and sluice valves of the Krishna drinking water supply scheme. Therefore, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) has advised consumers to use water conservatively to avoid inconvenience, a press release said.