Hyderabad water board hopes rain will boost revenue

HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) is banking on bountiful rain to boost its revenues this season. Fresh inflows into the Manjeera reservoir, one of the major potable water source to the city and industries located in and around Medak, Sangareddy, Patancheru and Ramachandrapuram may help the water board boost finances.Officials are hopeful of providing enough water to the domestic and commercial customers.
According to records, HMWS&SB used to get close to Rs 10 crore income every month. But with Manjeera reservoir not having enough water for past three years the board’s revenues were drying up.
“With little water in the reservoir, our revenues have been adversely affected. We used to get a lot of money by supplying Manjeera water to nearly 15 major industries. Many of our customers have turned to water tankers as we are unable to meet their demands,” said a senior HMWS&SB official. “Water board is ready to supply water as inflows into Manjeera reservoir are quite encouraging,” he added.