Illegal water connections within GHMC limits will be regularised and new connections will be sanctioned soon.

Besides,
water supply to Alwal, Quthbullapur and Uppal circles will be augmented
with financial assistance from the Central government. These decisions
were taken at the board meeting of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water
Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) held under the chairmanship of
chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Wednesday.

The board meeting
also discussed various issues, projects and finances of the
HMWS&SB. Projects being taken up by the board were also approved.

The
chief minister suggested a combined meeting of the GHMC, HMWS&SB
and other departments concerned to improve the financial position of the
water board. The officials informed the chief minister that the water
levels in reservoirs and supply position was now comfortable. Currently,
340 MGD of water is being supplied both within and outside the GHMC
limits. The demand and pending requests outside the GHMC stood at 105.60
MGD.

Officials said that the Godavari Drinking Water Supply
Project Phase-1 would be completed by March. The Krishna Drinking Water
Scheme Phase-3 was likely to be completed by June.

Comprehensive
water supply services improvements for Malkajgiri Municipality under
Andhra Pradesh Municipal Development Project (APMDP) was approved with
an estimated cost of `338.54 crore. The scheme envisages water supply to
the whole Malkajgiri municipality (part of GHMC), having 39 municipal
wards divided into seven zones.

After a tender committee
clearance, the same was submitted to the World Bank by APMDP for its
approval. It was under the process of clearance from the bank, officials
informed the chief minister.

The government directed the water
board to take up the head works component from the Sunkesula source of
Nagarjunasagar to ensure stabilised supply from the source for all the
three phases of Krishna drinking water supply project.

The  proposals include pumping station, pumps and motors, electrical sub-stations and pumping mains up to WTPs at Kodandapur.

The
government has decided to augment the drinking water supply for Alwal,
Quthbullapur and Uppal municipal circles of the GHMC. For this, major
infrastructure for the peripheral circles and the DPRs were prepared for
all circles.