BRS stages protest over drinking water shortage at Khairatabad Water Board office
Residents led by BRS leaders staged a protest at the HMWSSB office in Khairatabad over inadequate drinking water supply in Hyderabad. LB Nagar MLA Devireddy Sudheer Reddy alleged a major supply shortfall and warned of intensified agitation if the issue remains unresolved.
Hyderabad: Scenes reminiscent of earlier summer water crises resurfaced after a decade in the city as residents staged a protest at the HMWSSB office in Khairatabad on Saturday over inadequate drinking water supply.
Holding empty pots, men and women from different localities gathered at the office under the leadership of BRS LB Nagar MLA Devireddy Sudheer Reddy. The protesters raised slogans against the Congress government and demanded immediate measures to resolve the drinking water shortage in several parts of Hyderabad.
Addressing the gathering, Sudheer Reddy said Hyderabad requires nearly 750 Million Gallons per Day (MGD) of drinking water, but the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) was supplying only around 550 MGD.
He alleged that the shortfall had left residents in many colonies struggling for drinking water during peak summer.
The MLA also questioned the government’s claim of supplying water through 12,000 tankers every day. If such a large number of tankers were required, it clearly indicated that the existing pipeline network was failing to meet the city’s needs, he said.
Sudheer Reddy accused the officials and the government of neglecting the issue despite a severe drinking water crisis persisting in parts of the LB Nagar constituency for the last two months.
He demanded that officials take up special measures to ensure uninterrupted water supply and warned that the BRS would intensify its agitation if the issue remained unresolved.
Former corporators, senior BRS leaders, activists and party workers participated in the protest.
