HMWSSB: Works for Godavari drinking water project phases 2 &3 will commence soon

Hyderabad: The works on augmenting 300 million gallons of Godavari water under Godavari Drinking Water Supply Project phase-2&3 for the city and its peripheral areas are to commence soon.
On Saturday, HMWSSB Managing Director K Ashok Reddy visited the project and directed officials concerned to start the work of a master balancing reservoir with a capacity of 80 MLD and water treatment plants at Ghanpur on the land belonging to the water board.
Hyderabad water board is already supplying 10 TMC of Godavari water under Godavari Drinking Water Supply Scheme Phase-1, from Yellampalli, and under phase-2&3, works will be started to supply another 20 TMC of water from the Mallanna Sagar reservoir, according to an official statement.
Of the 20 TMC, 17.5 TMC will be utilised for the city’s drinking water needs, while the remaining 2.5 TMC will be used to revive the twin reservoirs (Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar) as part of the Musi rejuvenation project.
In this project, pump houses, sub-stations, and a 3,000 mm dia water pipeline from Mallanna Sagar to Ghanpur will be laid. Apart from this, a water treatment plant with a capacity of 1,170 MLD will be constructed at Ghanpur and Shamirpet. The works are expected to be completed within two years, the HMWSSB said in a press release.