The Hindu 02.12.2010
164 city schools to get free water
Special Correspondent
Hyderabad: Now government school children can look forward to safe drinking water. As many as 164 government schools in the city will get free water supply and sewerage connections. Following a request from the Hyderabad Collector Natarajan Gulzar, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board agreed to provide free water. Mr Gulzar met the Water Board managing director M. Jagadeeshwar on Wednesday and submitted a list of schools with no water supply connection.
Safety
“The main intention of giving water supply connection along with meters is to provide safe drinking water to children,” Mr. Jagadeeshwar said and instructed officials to complete the work on or before December 31.
He asked the Collector to provide sumps with a float to collect drinking water to arrest overflow. Mr. Gulzar agreed to depute a responsible officer to the Water Board to coordinate.
