HMWSSB speeds up Ghanpur pipeline works

By Sunil Mungara

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) is accelerating Godavari pipeline interconnection works at Ghanpur to complete them by November 15 and augment the city’s water supply by 40 million gallons per day.

HMWSSB managing director K Ashok Reddy inspected the works on Monday and directed officials to meet the deadline as water availability from the Singur–Manjeera sources declines because of El Niño conditions. “Alternative Godavari supplies should be prioritised for areas dependent on Singur–Manjeera sources,” he said.

Ashok Reddy directed dedicated labour teams to work round the clock in three eight-hour shifts, with separate teams for each shift. Officials must provide floodlights, machinery and other facilities for night operations and deploy two or three additional special labour teams.

He also ordered road-crossing work to begin that night after permissions and safety measures were secured, allowing pipes to be laid within two to three days.

Officials were told to coordinate continuously with Mission Bhagiratha and Forest Department authorities to expedite the transfer and arrange technical support, equipment and manpower. Experts, labour and heavy equipment from ongoing Godavari project works should be reassigned if necessary.

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