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.