A special effort to reduce the illegal use of engines is to prevent water waste and, in particular, to ensure fair water distribution in areas with complaints about low -pressure water supply due to extensive use of engines. | PHOTO CREDIT: NAGARA GOPAL
Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Severage Board (HMWS & SB), from its CEO to higher officials and local errors, on Tuesday, plunged into action to identify consumers who resorted to illegal water drawing using engines.
As part of the campaign on Tuesday, the Board of Directors, together with their alert teams, confiscated 64 engines and penalized 84 consumers for attaching engines to the household pipeline to attract more water at high pressure. A maximum of 25 engines were confiscated and consumers were penalized in the SR Nagar division.
A special effort to reduce the illegal use of engines is to prevent water waste and, in particular, to ensure fair water distribution in areas with complaints about low -pressure water supply due to extensive use of engines.
CEO K. Ashok Reddy was part of Kakatiya Hills in Madhapur, where the teams captured engines. “The use of the engine illegally to pump high pressure is a crime.
Mr. Reddy also added that anyone suspects that he has a matter in his colony can dial 155313 for immediate solutions.
Published – April 16 2025 12:32
