The Water Board has prepared and submitted proposals to the municipal
administration and urban development (MA&UD) department to be
incorporate in the Budget 2013-14 which will be introduced in the
Assembly by state finance minister Anam Ramnarayana Reddy on March 18.

“The HMWS&SB has sought Rs 920 crore for implementing the Godavari
Drinking Water Supply Project (Maulana Abul Kalam Hyderabad Sujala
Sravanthi Scheme) and Rs 250 crore for the Krishna Drinking Water
Project Phase-III, nearly Rs 300 crore more than the allocation last
year (2012-13),” an HMWS&SB official told TOI.

To improve
the water supply network in Greater Hyderabad and peripheral areas, it
has sent proposals to the tune of Rs 180 crore. “Though we have been
spending crores of rupees through the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renew Mission
(JNNURM), we are not getting the state government’s share. We have
asked the government to allot another Rs 222 crore in the proposed
budget for implementing the sewerage master plan (SMP) in the city,” he
said.

To improve water supply network in the Greater Hyderabad
Municipal Corporation (GHMC) jurisdiction, the Water Board has sought Rs
150 crore and another Rs 5 crore for remodeling existing sewerage
network, the official added.

As part of plans to control
pollution in the Musi, it has sought Rs 100 crore. “Though we have been
sending proposals every year, the government allocates budget according
to its priorities,” a senior Water Board finance wing official said.