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Hyderabad: Due to the huge inflow in the Godavari River and the State receiving abundant rainfall, a series of measures have been taken up by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) to ensure that drinking water is not contaminated. As part of the exercise, water samples sent for testing have been increased […]
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Hyderabad: Following copious inflows from the heavy rains on Friday, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has opened four more gates of Osman Sagar on Saturday. Presently, six gates of the reservoir are open up to 3 feet. The water level at the reservoir on Saturday stood at 1,787.20 feet against a […]
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Hyderabad: As the rains returned to lash the city, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB ) and other departments deployed their personnel and machinery. The GHMC monsoon teams and Disaster Response Force (DRF) teams were out in the field to attend rain related complaints. Simultaneously, the HMWS&SB […]
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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) on Monday said the water being supplied by the Board was safe for drinking and other purposes. Officials were testing water samples at various localities of Godavari drinking water supply areas and complaints, if any, could be reported by dialling 155 313. The water was […]
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Hyderabad: With rains lashing the city and surrounding areas for the last four days, the twin reservoirs are receiving copious inflows. Two gates each of Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar are kept open with the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB ) monitoring water levels closely. On Monday around 6 pm, the water […]
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Hyderabad: In view of the heavy rains, two gates each of Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar were lifted by one feet height on Sunday evening. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) after monitoring the water levels at these two reservoirs, lifted the gates in anticipation of heavy inflows due to the rains. […]
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Hyderabad: After adopting a convergence model this monsoon to resolve rain-related complaints by bringing various line departments under single roof and stationing them at the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Command Control Room at the head office, the civic body has now appointed officials to safeguard the lives and property during heavy rains. As a […]
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Hyderabad: To address rain-related complaints on a warfooting this monsoon, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to go for a convergence model with related departments. As part of this convergence model, the GHMC has come up with a more effective mechanism to coordinate with various line departments under a single roof and have […]
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Hyderabad: There will be a shutdown of water supply in parts of Hyderabad due to pipeline repair works by Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) from 12 noon to 8 pm on Friday. The water board will takeup emergency shutdown of water supply to replace a damaged 450 mm diameter valve on Lalapet […]
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Hyderabad: The drinking water supply will be disrupted for 24 hours from 6 am on June 1 in some parts of the city. The affected areas include Gandipet, Narsingi, Manchirevula, Manikonda, Kokapet, Puppalaguda, Chandanagar, HUDA Colony, BHEL LIG Colony, Tara Nagar, Gangaram, Lingampally and Rajiv Gruha Kalpa. The supply will also be disrupted in Nallagandla, […]
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Hyderabad: Even if it is just sewage, treat it the best way possible. This appears to be the motto of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB), which is now using the Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) technology to treat sewage at its sewage treatment plants (STPs). This technology is considered one of the […]
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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) will be issuing water bills to consumers who did not avail the State government’s ’20KL Free Water Scheme’. The billing will be from January 1, 2022, till this month. Under the scheme, households with water meters and slum households in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) […]
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Hyderabad: Municipal Administration & Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao on Friday instructed the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials to ensure there is a monsoon action plan in place that can even counter intense spells of rain. The instructions were given during a meeting to review the monsoon related works in the city. The […]
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Hyderabad: The GHMC’s annual budget of Rs 6,150 crore for the financial year 2022-23 was approved by the GHMC Council on Tuesday. Mayor G Vijaya Laxmi said the budget gave priority to the city’s development and infrastructure. Meanwhile, GHMC Commissioner DS Lokesh Kumar said that in 2021-22, spending on maintenance works was Rs.1,806 crore with […]
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Hyderabad: There was a time when people living on the outskirts of the capital city fought with civic authorities and struggled to ensure drinking water for their homes on a daily basis. Things have changed for the better, and are all set to get even better with the State government developing infrastructure to boost drinking […]
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Hyderabad: The vigilance officials of Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) on Friday booked a case against four persons for illegally obtaining connections from the water board pipelines in Kalavati Nagar located in Shapur Nagar, Chinthal. A case has been booked against them in Jeedimetla police station under sections 269 and 430 IPC. […]
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Hyderabad: A provision of Rs 725 crore was proposed in the Budget for the ‘Sunkishala’ project that has been up taken up with an outlay of Rs 1,450 crore, said Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Monday. The government is spending Rs 1,200 crores to provide drinking water to all the habitations within the Outer […]
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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board vigilance wing booked cases against 44 people on Friday for taking illegal connections from water board pipelines. While one case was filed against 43 people at the Vanasthalipuram Police Station, a case against one person was filed in Adibatla Police Station. HMWS&SB in a press release […]
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Hyderabad: Scarcity and lack of drinking water for people living outside Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits and within Outer Ring Road (ORR) jurisdiction will soon be a thing of the past. By the year-end, around 20 lakh people living in these areas will be supplied potable drinking water on par with those staying in […]
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Hyderabad: There are several monuments in Hyderabad, the popular ones being Raymond’s Tomb, the Seven Tombs and their ilk, and then, there are the unknown ones, like that of Captain AH Davidson. This tomb, dating back to 1812, is hidden from public view though quite close to the main road, the SP Road in Secunderabad, […]
