Hyderabad: Has the famous hospitality of Hyderabad gone for a toss due to water scarcity in the city? This seems true in the case of a large number of families who have asked their relatives and friends not to visit them this summer and only reach here after the monsoon hits the city.

Shortage of drinking water supply has compelled many families in the state capital to politely turn down requests for a vacation visit by their relatives as many borewells have dried up and the duration of piped water supply has also been reduced.

Hyderabad: With only five per cent of injections used for immunisation and the remaining 95 per cent for therapeutic use, children are often subjected to unnecessary injections, say paediatricians

With summer reaching its peak, the drinking water problem is intensifying in the tailend areas of the Krishna delta.

Hyderabad: Over a dozen petitions have been filed by environmentalists before the Andhra Pradesh High Court in connection with protection of the lakes in Hyderabad Metropolitan Area.

Hyderabad: A wildlife census was conducted at the Mruguvani National Park, Chilkur, and KBR Park, Hyderabad, early in May.

A team of 40 nature lovers, environmentalists and the members of NGOs, with the help of foresters, conducted the preliminary survey for ‘2013 Summer Annual Wildlife Census.’ The forest department, along with the logistics’ team, covered over 11 km of the Mruguvani National Park. Amar Deep Singh, a participant in the census activity, said, “While carrying out the census, we noticed a number of wild animals in the protected areas, including wild boars, spotted deer, sambhar, indian hare, mongoose, a number of reptiles and various native birds.”

Hyderabad: There has been a spurt in real estate activity in several villages covered under the GO 111 which restricts development in the 10-kilometre radius of twin water bodies of Osmansagar and Himayatsagar.

Besides increase in transactions by 10-15 per cent, the local registration and revenue offices are flooded with enquiries by realtors about relaxation of stringent norms of construction in 84 villages covered under the GO.

Hyderabad: Adding to the water woes of the city, drying borewells are cause for serious concern.

As many as 208 of the total 977 power borewells and another 547 of the total 5,293 hand borewells have dried up a month before “peak summer” hits the city. Mobile tanker bookings have shot up from 15,000 trips in February to 42,000 trips in April and are expected to cross 50,000 trips in May.
To add to the problems, the shortage of piped water supply will go up to 40 MGD from May 20, 2013, as against the present 20 MGD deficit per day. Water Board is supplying about 320 MGD per day as against the normal requirement of 340 MGD per da. The supply will be reduced to 300 MGD from May 20. Shortage of piped drinking water supply has direct effect on the usage of ground water.

The GVMC has violated the Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2000, and has been dumping the city garbage at Kapuluppada for which the AP Pollution Control Board has denied permission for the landfill.

Around 800 mt of waste is being generated per day in the city which contains around 45 pc of domestic and 13 pc of commercial waste, according to officials.

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday expressed its displeasure at the apathy of the authorities in protecting the Osmansagar and Himayatsagar lakes —the main drinking water sources for the state

Hyderabad: Green cover is dwindling rapidly in the state, and Hyderabad is the worst hit when compared to other cities, according to data released by the Forest Survey of India and the AP Forest department.

In just one year, the state has lost tree cover of the size of Vijayawada city, or about 45.34 sq km.
According to Forest Survey of India-2011 Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy have only five per cent of forest cover at 391 sq km out of the total area o 7,710 sq km.