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  • Hyderabad: HMWSSB bags award for best sewerage treatment plants

    Hyderabad: HMWSSB bags award for best sewerage treatment plants

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    Hyderabad: Another award bagged by Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) from an international magazine called ‘Water Digest’ for the best Sewerage Treatment Plants (STPs), 2022 to 2023.

    The award was presented to Managing Director Danakishore by Jalamandali Project Director Sridhar Babu on Saturday. Babu received the award from Union Minister for Hydropower Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in Delhi on Friday.

    Shekhawat termed Hyderabad as “The city that is treating 100 percent sewage water in the country”.

    Expressing happiness, Danakishore said “Besides providing drinking water to everyone in the city, the Telangana government is working hard to treat the sewage generated. Chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao and municipal minister KT Rama Rao gave a lot of encouragement to these projects.”

    Telangana government has sanctioned 62 STPs under Sewerage Master Plan in Hyderabad at a cost of Rs 3,866 crores for the first time in India for 100% sewage treatment, said a press releaser on Saturday.

    The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) area daily generates 1,650 million liters of sewage, out of which 772 million gallons of sewage is being treated scientifically through 25 STPs.

    The underground water is being released into the Musi River without being polluted. Another 878 MLDs of sewage need to be treated. For this, the government has taken up the construction of 31 new STPs in the first phase in 2022.

    The construction works are set to be completed in a few months and the wastewater generated in the GHMC area can be treated 100%.

    Amberpet STP is known as Asia’s largest sewage treatment plant. Sewage water starts from Kukatpally Nala. It reaches Amberpet after merging with many nalas in different parts of the city. Around 339 million gallons of sewage are treated at the Amberpet STP and later discharged into the Musi River.

    The water obtained by treating sewage is used to water the plants in software company premises through a method called Circular Economy. The solids left after the treatment are then used in biogas production.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Hyderabad: 2.5 lakh water supply connections will be impacted, says HMWSSB

    Hyderabad: 2.5 lakh water supply connections will be impacted, says HMWSSB

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    Hyderabad: The managing director of Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) Dana Kishore advised citizens to store and use the water consciously after inspecting the pipeline works site in Kukunoorpally, Siddipet areas.

    Supply of drinking water will be affected in several areas of the city for 66 hours from 6 am on March 8 to 12 midnight on March 10.

    Shapur reservoir commanding area, Chintal reservoir commanding area, and several other areas will face complete disruption.

     “There will be an interruption of water supply to as many as 2.5 lakh connections in the city,” he said speaking to the officials at the water works department in Khairatabad.

    Kishore ordered the officials to ensure water supply to the affected areas by March 10. He instructed the officials to provide water to the affected areas through tankers until the water supply resumes.

    He directed the officials to prioritize the supply of water tankers to slum areas and increase the number of trips as a necessity.

    The pipeline works near Siddipet are a part of the Godavari drinking water supply phase – 1 that supplies water to Hyderabad. 

    He inspected the ongoing works and asked the officials to complete the pipeline works in 48 hours instead of the pre-decided 66 hours. He directed the officials to prepare a special plan in this regard and asked them to ensure that the works are done carefully. 

    He directed the officials to double the work force to finish the work and consult technical experts, if required. 

    “Ensure that additional machines, tools and construction materials are available. Protective equipment should be made available in the work site. Safety measures should be followed while working,” he said. 

    Dana Kishore instructed them to use proper barricading equipment to make sure that unauthorised people do not have access to the site. 

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )