Secunderabad Cantonment Board to pass resolution on free water scheme in February

SECUNDERABAD: The Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) plans to hold a special board meeting in the first week of February to pass a resolution on extending the free water scheme in the Secunderabad Cantonment areas.
“Once the resolution is passed at the board meeting, it will be forwarded to the principal director, southern command, Pune for approval to implement the scheme in Cantonment,” SCB vice-president J Maheshwar Reddy told TOI.
Meanwhile, over 40 resident welfare associations (RWA) met Cantonment MLA G Sayanna and submitted representations urging him to implement the free water scheme in the residential colonies too. Besides the RWAs, residents of 20 slums also urged the MLA to provide free water saying that they cannot afford high water tariffs. “There is huge demand for the scheme. In a day or two, I will meet CM K Chandrasekhar Rao and MAUD minister K Taraka Rama Rao and urge them to extend the free water scheme to Cantonment too. The representations by the RWAs will also be handed over to the CM,” said Sayanna.
KTR had assured the board members that the decision to implement the scheme will be announced based on the demand, said the SCB vice-president.
T Satish Gupta, president, Vasavi Nagar Welfare Association, who met MLA Sayanna regarding the scheme said, “Cantonment is part of Telangana and the scheme should be extended to it for the benefit of 90% of the population.”