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City stares at acute water crisis
About 75 per cent of residents in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation limits (GHMC) are staring at a severe water crisis. The state Irrigation department has warned the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) that supplies from Singur reservoir would dry up by the last week of November. A Water Board official stated that areas such as Quthbullapur, Patancheru, Kukatpally, Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills,
- Supply from Singur reservoir to dry up by the last week of November
- Storage capacity at reservoir dwindles to less than 5 per cent
- Water Board hopes to mitigate crisis through Krishna Phase-III & Godavari Phase-I
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Hyderabad: About 75 per cent of residents in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation limits (GHMC) are staring at a severe water crisis. The state Irrigation department has warned the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) that supplies from Singur reservoir would dry up by the last week of November. A Water Board official stated that areas such as Quthbullapur, Patancheru, Kukatpally, Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills, Somajiguda, Erragadda, Ameerpet, Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar and Yousufguda are likely to be worst hit by the first week of December.
The official added that due to scanty rainfall during monsoon this year, water levels at catchment areas of Osmansagar, Himayatsagar, Manjira and Singur reservoirs, have dwindled and in the next few days these reservoirs may dry up. The current water capacity is very low in all the reservoirs around the city which can only withstand supply until November, he said.
In order to tackle the crisis, HMWS&SB has no option but to rely on Krishna Drinking Water Supply Scheme (KDWSP) Phase-III and Godavari Phase-I.
The official further stated that under Krishna Phase-III, currently HMWSSB has been supplying 45 million gallons per day (MGD) from Akkampally reservoir. With High Court's nod to resume Krishna phase III pipeline works at Prashasan Nagar in Jubilee Hills, the board is hopeful of supplying the remaining 45 MGD by December. Besides this, the HMWSSB would complete Godavari Phase-I at the earliest.
The Water Board will supply about 28.5 MGD from Yellampally Barrage by December and would increase the supply to 86 MGD by January.
Meanwhile, the present water storage in Osmansagar is about 0.079 TMC as against its capacity of 3.900 TMC, while Himayatsagar has only 0.306 TMC of water left as against 2.967 TMC capacity. Same is the case with Singur reservoir. Presently, Singur has only 1.438 TMC of water as against its storage capacity of 29.917 TMC.
