For the first time in its history, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water
Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) invoked the Revenue Recovery Act
on Friday to confiscate moveable assets worth Rs 1.47 lakh in a
building (1-7-1069) at RTC Crossroads which falls in the board’s O&M
Narayanaguda division.

The action followed failure by the
occupants of the building, despite having been served disconnection and
red notices and also Form-I for seizure of assets, to clear the water
bill dues. Assets of near- value equal to the dues were seized in the
presence of director (revenue) PS Suryanarayana, chief general manager
(engg) of revenue circle A Krishna, general manager (engg) of O&M
division No. V  Narayanaguda Y Hanumanth Rao and officials of the
vigilance wing.

The board has so far issued 199 Form-I notices
consumers who have defaulted on payment and a similar action will be
taken in all those cases. Managing director J Syamala Rao warned that
the board would not remain lenient to holders of illegal connections.