HMDA sanctions Rs 2.95 cr to clean up Ramannakunta

Secunderabad: Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has sanctioned Rs 2.95 crore for laying sewerage network abutting the century-old Ramannakunta Lake at Bowenpally in Secunderabad Cantonment to prevent sewage from entering the water body.
HMDA authorities on Saturday deposited the aid into the account of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board to take up laying of sewer trunks and other infrastructure too.
“Responding to MA&UD minister K T Rama Rao’s instructions, the HMDA deposited the fund for completion of sewerage network, to keep the lake free from pollution. The Water Board will take up work, soon,” SCB ward no-VI member, Pandu Yadav told TOI. The lake is located in the jurisdiction of his ward. TNN