Government will construct drinking water reservoirs in Hyderabad: KTR

Information Technology and Municipal Administration Minister K T Rama Rao on Wednesday said the government was taking measures to construct drinking water reservoirs in the city to make sure there was no shortage of water even if there was drought for two years.

The Minister was replying to various supplementary questions on drinking water supply in the city during the Question Hour in the Assembly, raised by Qutbullahpur MLA K P Vivekanand. 

The Minister said that presently 430 MGD of water was being supplied to the city. He said the water supply network project for 190 villages/habitations beyond the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and within Outer Ring Road (ORR) was taken up under Mission Bhagiratha and it was under progress. 

The Minister said the water supply project was taken up for the peripheral municipal circles with 56 storage reservoirs, and added that laying of inlet feeder mains, outlet and distribution network for a length of 1,900 km would be done with Rs 1,900 crore including Rs 1,700 crore HUDCO loan and balance of Rs 200 crore through State



government budget. 

For 190 villages within ORR, 180 storage reservoirs and distribution network for 2,100 km were taken up under annuity mode of contract where the bidder would make the initial investment and the government would repay the amount after construction of project was over for a period of seven years. So far, the government spent Rs 987 crore for drinking water projects, he added.

Rama Rao said that the main intension of the government was to first serve the unserved areas hence exclusive drinking water reservoirs were being constructed. The Keshavapuram reservoir was under construction, he added. 

Rama Rao said that the main intension of the government was to first serve the unserved areas hence exclusive drinking water reservoirs were being constructed. The Keshavapuram reservoir was under construction, he added. 

Responding to a question on 10-day gap in water supply in Bahadurpura and five-day gap in Khairatabad, the Minister said he would ask the HMWS&SB MD to make a field visit and sort out the issue.