HMWSSB speeds up Godavari project to ease Hyderabad water woes
Hyderabad: The construction of Godavari Phase II and III projects, which is expected to reduce Hyderabad’s drinking water woes, is progressing at a brisk pace.
On Monday, November 9, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) Managing Director K Ashok Reddy reviewed the works and enquired about the status of the tunnel construction, tunnel excavation, water treatment plant and membrane bioreactor reservoir works.
He directed officials to complete it by October 2027.
Ashok Reddy also inspected the construction of an 80-million-litre capacity membrane bioreactor reservoir and the 1,170 million litres per day (MLD) capacity water treatment plant at Ghanpur, and asked officials to speed up the work. He has asked them to deploy additional machinery and labour teams if needed.
The Godavari Phase II and III projects are estimated at about Rs 7,360 crore. It aims to bring 20 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) of Godavari water from Mallannasagar to Hyderabad. Of this, 17.5 TMC will be allocated for the city’s drinking water needs, and the remaining 2.5 TMC will be used for the rejuvenation of the Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar reservoirs and the Musi River.
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