Archive · 1 Oct 2026
Hyderabad Water Board Orders Advance Plan for Summer Supply
Hyderabad’s water board is preparing for the hotter summer months.
It wants drinking water to keep flowing without long interruptions.
Officials will identify neighborhoods that depend on Singur and Manjeera water.
They will plan backup sources and routes for emergencies.
They will also check pipes, valves and connections in areas with high demand or low pressure.
Broken power borewells will be repaired, and each working borewell will have a responsible lineman.
The board will review tanker filling stations and increase the reuse of treated wastewater.
It also plans to teach people not to waste water and may act against repeated violations.
HMWS&SB Managing Director Ashok Reddy ordered an advance plan for uninterrupted summer drinking-water supply.
Officials will prepare area-wise contingency plans for localities dependent on Singur and Manjeera supplies.
The plans will identify alternative water sources, routes, quantities, pipeline links and network upgrades.
Power borewells will be repaired, assigned linemen within 15 days and tracked through a centralized online database.
Officials will assess tanker filling stations, control water wastage, expand treated-water points and survey private sewage-treatment plants.
- Who
- The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, led by Managing Director Ashok Reddy and Joint Managing Director Mayank Mittal.
- What
- Officials were directed to prepare a comprehensive contingency and preparedness plan for uninterrupted summer drinking-water supply.
- When
- The review meeting took place on Wednesday, ahead of the coming summer.
- Where
- The HMWS&SB headquarters in Khairatabad, Hyderabad.
- Why
- To prepare for higher demand, possible disruptions to Singur and Manjeera supplies, low pressure, borewell failures and water wastage.
- Agency
- Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board
- Managing director
- Ashok Reddy, also identified in one report as K Ashok Reddy
- Meeting location
- HMWS&SB headquarters, Khairatabad, Hyderabad
- Main objective
- Uninterrupted drinking-water supply during summer
- Contingency sources
- Singur and Manjeera water supplies
- Borewell measure
- Appoint a lineman-in-charge for every functional power borewell within 15 days
- Wastewater measure
- Expand treated-water filling points and survey private sewage-treatment plants
- Water conservation
- Use awareness campaigns first, with action under existing rules for repeated deliberate wastage
