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Hard pressed to quench Hyderabad thirst
With the water levels in the reservoirs touching dead storage levels in Krishna and Godavari basins, the supply of drinking water to Greater Hyderabad has been badly affected as the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) is not equipped with high capacity pumpsets to draw water from the water bodies.
Hyderabad: With the water levels in the reservoirs touching dead storage levels in Krishna and Godavari basins, the supply of drinking water to Greater Hyderabad has been badly affected as the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) is not equipped with high capacity pumpsets to draw water from the water bodies.
It is highly difficult to draw water from the water bodies through gravity when reservoirs dry up completely. The Water Board has been supplying 356 million gallons per day (MGD) water through Krishna Phase I, II, III and Godavari Phase I.
If the water in Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir reaches below the 510 feet minimum draw down level (MDDL), the Water Board would pump the water into an open canal.
From the open canal, the Irrigation department would pump the water to Alimineti Madhava Reddy Srisailam Left Bank Canal Project (AMRP) through which it travels nine kilometres to Akkampally reservoir and be supplied to the city.
According to a Water Board official, the State government has recently instructed the Irrigation department to pump the water into AMRP, keeping in view of the prevailing drought conditions.
This decision by the government has forced the HMWS&SB to pump the water from the open canal to AMRP in order to serve the drinking water needs of the city.
When queried, the Water Board Operations Director G Rameshwar Rao told The Hans India that HMWS&SB has decided to pump the water from open canal to AMRP through emergency pumps with an estimated cost of Rs 8 crore.
He said that the emergency arrangements to pump the water from Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir and open canal were going on at a brisk pace. He assured that the HMWS&SB at any cost would supply water to the city.
He said arrangements were also made on Godavari in order to pump water at the cost of Rs 8 crore from Murmur in Karimnagar district.
By:Maddy Deekshith
