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.

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.

Hyderabad: As part of the Summer Action Plan, corporators will spend Rs 20 lakh each in their respective wards to improve drinking water supply and sewerage network.

Electricity energy requirement in these cities to rise to 15,68,73 MUs by end of 12th plan.

Hyderabad: World Water Day will be observed as usual on March 22 even as citizens of Greater Hyderabad continue to be deprived of even the minimum litres per capita of water per person per day of

Hyderabad: Irrespective of the quantity of water they get, residents of the Secunderabad Cantonment will have to pay Rs 315 per month towards water bills from the month of May, as against Rs 145 they are paying now.

The Board, comprising elected representatives of the people, has approved the more than 100 per cent hike and Board’s president Brigadier Sunil S. Bodhe signed it into law on March 5.

Hyderabad: The city is bracing itself for even more intense water woes this coming summer. Going by past experience, citizens know that the duration and the quantity of the water supply will be gradually reduced in the city as summer reaches its peak.

Already, supplies of the precious liquid are dwindling. The city is being supplied with 330 million gallons of water daily, as against the normal daily supplies of 340 MGD. Once the pumping begins from Himayatsagar and Osmansagar, there will be a shortage of 15 million gallons of water per day.

Hyderabad: APPCB Task Force, on Friday reportedly directed immediate closure of about 25 polluting units operating within 10km radius of Osmansagar (Gandipet) and Himayats-agar lakes, the main source of drinking water to the city for not shifting despite repeated notices.

APPCB Task Force reportedly decided to cut off the power of these polluting industries as per the provisions. Leading vaccination companies including the government-owned Indian Immunologicals Limited and others having a foreign partnership in addition to some other government undertakings are amongf:\page3 a total of 55 shortlisted units which are in the process of shifting, have been given some grace period, sources say.

The Delhi Jal Board has advocated a rating system for water-using appliances similar to the one that is used to denote energy efficiency for an electrical appliance.

Hyderabad: Hyderabad city, once known for it natural and man-made wetlands no longer boast of these features, thanks to the consumer society that has led to extensive depletion of these swamplands.

Wetlands are the best sources of drinking water; they can also be used as percolation tank. Wetlands help in recharging aquifers and also hold good recreation values and attract many birds and aquatic animals explained environmentalist Farida Tampal, state director World Wide Fun for Nature said, wetlands across the city are disappearing rapidly and one of the main reason for this is pollution caused by waste.