With the issuing of necessary instructions by the commissioner of
police to the station house officers (SHOs) of respective police
stations for registering cases, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply
and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) officials have issued directions to the
concerned Managers (Engineering) of their section to file criminal
cases on illegal connection holders at concerned police stations from
August 16.
In case of any problem in filing cases, the managers
(engineering) should coordinate with the director (revenue) through
their general manager (E).
The managers of water board have been
directed by HMWS&SB managing director J Syamala Rao to detect
illegal connections in their respective jurisdictions and to lodge
complaints with the police for launching prosecution against the
culprits in order to punish them.
The detected illegal connections
should be disconnected immediately. The concerned employees of the
water board have been warned that disciplinary action will be taken
against the persons who fail to comply with the instructions for the
detection of illegal connections and the subsequent filing of criminal
cases.
Syamala Rao told Express that some people are resorting to
water theft from the HMWS&S Board pipelines through illegal
connections causing financial loss to the water board and also causing
pollution of drinking water.
