Hyderabad News

  Water   board played crucial role during pandemic in providing safe   water   to residents Hyderabad : Commencing free supply of 20,000 litres of drinking  water  per month to domestic consumers, quenching the thirst of over 180 villages within Outer Ring  Road  and gearing up for construction of Keshavapuram reservoir, 2020 has been an eventful year for Hyderabad Metropolitan  Water  Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB). In tune with the efforts to ensure regular drinking  water  supply, HWMSSB is working on treatment of murky  water  and is setting up additional 17 Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs). Amidst all these activities, it has played a crucial role during Covid pandemic and during the recent floods in October by providing safe and potable drinking  water  to the residents. On the revenue front too, the  water  board has earned Rs 280 crore through the One Time Settlement (OTS) scheme offered...