With water levels in Osmansagar and Himayatsagar reservoirs reaching the lowest levels and with no chance of drawing water through gravity, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has started pumping the remaining water by employing emergency pumps.

In-charge HMWS&SB Director (Technical) D Sunder Ram Reddy told Express that one pump in Osmansagar has started pumping water and there was a problem with the second pump. It would be rectified in a day or two.

Similarly, two emergency pumps were made functional at Himayatsagar reservoir. These two reservoirs might dry up next month and there may be no water to supply to the consumers of the city and they may have to depend on Krishna, Singur and Manjira.

As against the 3,900 TMC of storage capacity at Full Reservoir Level in Osmansagar, the present water available is just about 0.154 TMC. In Himayatsagar as against the total 2,967 TMC, the water available is just 0.250 TMC.

The water levels in other three reservoirs are not so encouraging either. As against 29,917 TMC capacity in Singur, presently the water available is around 6,467 TMC. As against 1,500 TMC in Manjira, the water level is around 0,665 TMC. The available water can meet the needs of Hyderabad up to another three to four months.