The Hindu 11.12.2013
2 booked for utilising illegal water connections
The Water Board authorities have lodged a police complaint against two persons for illegally restoring water connections at L.B. Nagar on Monday. The malpractice was detected when the Board MD J. Syamala Rao along with officials of Task Force and Vigilance inspected disconnected water connections at Alkapuri section in Operations and Maintenance Division X.
Surprise inspection
The MD undertook a surprise visit to the Sahebnagar division office to take stock of the revenue collection and also inquired about disconnection notices to bill defaulters.
Later, he and other officials inspected several multi-storied buildings in Alkapuri and Vaishalinagar areas where at least one building in each section having recorded as disconnected in the record books was functional in the field. The Director (Revenue) was asked to verify similar cases and issue show cause memos to the concerned.
At H.No.11-13-20 in Alkapuri, the water supply connection of one such illegally reopened disconnection was physically disconnected.
