Hyderabad: The State government on Wednesday issued the GO Ms No.69, removing certain restrictions that were imposed under GO Ms 111 in 1996, to protect the catchment area of the Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar reservoirs, which were the main source of drinking water to Hyderabad at that time. The order said considering the fact […]
Hyderabad: Following a dip in inflow of water from upstream into the Himayat Sagar, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has closed three gates of the reservoir. Currently only one out of the 17 gates is kept open up to a height of two feet. On Monday, the water level at Himayat […]
Hyderabad: With the water levels in Himayat Sagar and Osman Sagar reaching the full tank level, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board on Saturday opened more gates of the twin reservoirs. To release the water into river Musi, four gates of each reservoir were kept open upto two feet height. The water level […]
Hyderabad: A woman was allegedly raped by three persons who kidnapped her from near the Himayat Sagar on Wednesday night. The victim was standing near the Police Academy when the three persons came in an autorickshaw and kidnapped her. They took her to a nearby isolated place and raped her. The suspects also snatched cash […]
Hyderabad: For the second time in a fortnight, water levels in the twin reservoirs of the city reached the Full Tank Level (FTL) due to the heavy downpour and Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) lifted more gates of both water bodies on Saturday. Currently, four out of the 15 gates of Osman […]
Working round-the-clock for three days on the trot, the teams have attended to 468 complaints, which are beyond the grievances attended to and resolved by the Disaster Response Force (DRF) teams.
Hyderabad: Cyberabad Police Commissioner M Stephen Raveendra urged citizens not to venture out unnecessarily in view of the heavy rains and assured that the police was prepared to deal with any crisis. To take stock of the situation in rain inundated areas, Raveendra along with officials from GHMC, Irrigation, Revenue, HMDA and other departments, visited […]
Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao asked the officials of Municipal Administration Department to seek more time from the Telangana High Court for submitting the State government’s action plan to protect the ecosystem and facilitate planned development in the villages under purview of GO 111. As unplanned development would lead to pollution of the existing […]
Hyderabad: With rains receding in the city and surroundings, inflows into the twin reservoirs from upstream areas have dropped. Following this, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) closed one gate of Himayat Sagar and three gates of Osman Sagar. Presently, one gate at each reservoir has been kept open. On August 31, […]
According to HMWS&SB records by noon on Wednesday, the water level at Himayat Sagar was recorded at 1,763.05 feet against the FTL of 1,763.50 feet and the inflow stood at 1,400 cusecs.
