Water board postpones plans for daily supply to 167 slums to next week

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Water 


style="font-size:13.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Roboto","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333;background:white">Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) has postponed the launch of daily water supplies to 167 identified slum areas in GHMC limits for the next week.

"The launching of daily water in 167 slums was postponed to next week due to technical reasons. The date of launching will be announced after discussion with the state government. Meanwhile, a trial run on daily water supply will start in slums from February 1," according to an official release issued by HMWSSB on Tuesday. The board also decided to take help from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to create an awareness on water conservation and will start from February 1 in slums.