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Hyderabad: The nine inundated pumps of the Mallaram pump house in Siddipet are being repaired by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB). While the repair works were underway, a spare motor to pump out water was also procured from Karimnagar. On Tuesday, officials of line departments also carried out inpsection of the […]

According to HMWS&SB records by 11 am, the water level at Himayat Sagar was recorded at 1,763.15 feet against the FTL of 1,763.50 feet

Hyderabad: Drinking water supply to parts of the city has been halted due to the flooding of Mallaram pump house in Siddipet. Following heavy downpour there, the Mallaram pump house was flooded with rainwater and nine pumps, that purify water, were inundated. From the pump house, water is supplied to parts of the city through Godavari water […]

Siddipet: The 85 MGD Mallaram pumphouse in Siddipet district was flooded on Monday forcing the Hyderabad Metropolitan Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) to suspend Godavari water supply to Hyderabad. With the district witnessing heavy rains in the past 24 hours, the Mallaram stream was in spate, and the water subsequently entered the pumphouse. District Collector […]

Hyderabad: Robotic technology would be adopted to avoid untoward incidents during the cleaning of sewerage lines and manholes in the city, said the Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav on Saturday. “In Sanathnagar constituency the robotic technology is being used on pilot basis to clean manholes. The project is yielding good results and the same […]

The workshop 'Awareness Fortnight in Sewerage Operations' will continue till August 30 and is one of the measures taken up this week to safeguard the life and health of workers.

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) held a meeting with 15 NGOs here on Monday. Around 150 members from the NGOs were briefed by Engineering Staff College of India (ESCI), Hyderabad staffers on Faecal sludge and septage management (FSSM) in the presence of HMWSSB officials. The NGO members were asked to […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) is initiating a series of measures to safeguard the life and health of workers involved in maintaining the sewerage network in the city. These measures include social audit of sewerage management works, forming technical teams and organising workshops for workers. HMWSSB Managing Director Dana Kishore […]

HMWSSB identified 130 illegal connections in Kapra and booked cases against four people for obtaining the connection from water board pipelines fraudulently

Hyderabad: The last of the five gates of Himayat Sagar that were lifted to allow flood water during the recent heavy rains in the city and outskirts, was closed on Tuesday. Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) closed the gate as the reservoir was hardly receiving inflow of water. Out of the 17 […]

HMWSSB hands over Rs 1,280 crore contract to agency for construction and operation & maintenance

The staffers were briefed about safety measures that need to be taken while performing operation and maintenance works

The civic body will now hand over its sewerage O&M along with the staff and machinery to HMWSSB on or before August 31

The water bodies in Hyderabad have received abundant inflows due to continuous rains that lashed the city for more than a week.

GHMC alerts people whose houses are prone to inundation or likely to be washed away

Water bodies in and around Hyderabad are receiving abundant inflows due to continuous rains over the last one week

Water level recorded at 1,762.75 feet against the FTL of 1,763.50 feet at Himayat Sagar reservoir

Rains that have been lashing the city and its surrounding areas for more than a week have resulted in heavy inflows into the Himayat Sagar.

The alert is issued when the water level touches 1,762.75 feet and the gates are opened if the level goes up to 1,763 feet.

On Tuesday, the water level at the reservoir was recorded at 1,762.80 feet against the FTL of 1,763.50 feet.