MLA along with Mayor Y Sunil Rao, former MP B Vinod Kumar and others examined depleted water levels in Lower Manair Dam in the outskirts of Karimnagar town on Sunday.
In a review meeting on availability of drinking water in Hyderabad during the summer season, the Water Board MD maintained that, as far as meeting the drinking water requirements are concerned, the city is comfortably placed.
Khammam Collector held a review meeting on drinking water supply with officials from Mission Bhagiratha, Panchayat Raj, Municipal and Irrigation Departments
The circular noted that despite instuctions not to use single-use plastic water bottles in government programs, meetings and ceremonies, plastic water bottles were still in use.
In view of the fast depleting storage levels in the Nagarjuna Sagar Project, the State is firm on seeking priority for meeting the drinking water needs of Hyderabad.
Despite the difficult geographical conditions, all the total 17.08 lakh rural families in the state have now been provided with tap water, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said
Patancheru MLA Gudem Mahipal Reddy said the HMWSSB was building four massive reservoirs, which had a combined storage capacity of 90 lakh litres in Ameenpur.