Hyderabad’s western corridor is facing severe water cuts from December, with supply to Serilingampally expected to fall by 80% as the Singur and Manjeera reservoirs approach critical depletion, according to Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board managing director K Ashok Reddy.
The projected cuts could affect more than three lakh consumers across Patancheru, Kukatpally, Gachibowli and Narsingi. Reddy flagged the situation at a recent meeting with representatives of the real estate industry body NAREDCO, attributing the shortage to the sharp decline in water reserves in the two reservoirs.
Singur and Manjeera are currently holding barely 10% of their storage capacity and are feared to run dry by mid-December, the report said. The reservoirs supply water to almost the entire western corridor, leaving the water board with a significant supply gap as demand continues in some of Hyderabad’s fastest-growing residential and commercial areas.
The expected restrictions may extend beyond the IT corridor to Sanathnagar and SR Nagar, along with parts of Jubilee Hills and Banjara Hills. These areas could face cuts ranging from 30% to 50% of regular supply, according to the water board chief.
The western corridor is already facing a drinking water deficit of about 100 million gallons per day, or MGD. Water availability from the Krishna and Godavari sources is expected to sustain supplies until the next monsoon, but the depletion of Singur and Manjeera has created a gap that the board will struggle to bridge, Reddy said.
The immediate mitigation plan involves bringing an additional 40 MGD of Godavari water to the affected areas. The water board is developing a ring main, a closed-loop pipeline network intended to distribute the additional supply across parts of the western corridor. The connectivity works are expected to be completed by November 15.
Transporting Godavari water from Shamirpet to Gachibowli, Narsingi and Kukatpally remains a major operational challenge, Reddy said. Even after the proposed intervention, the board estimates that only 50 MGD to 60 MGD of the existing 100 MGD deficit can be addressed.
The shortage is also expected to affect construction activity. The water board has urged real estate developers to use treated wastewater instead of borewells for construction, curing, gardening and landscaping. The Telangana Builders Federation said a residential project with 500 flats under construction requires around 15 water tankers a day.
CREDAI Hyderabad president N Jaideep Reddy said developers had been advised to procure treated water from sewage treatment plants through designated “green tankers”. The proposed additional Godavari supply and the completion of the ring-main connectivity are the next operational milestones identified by the water board.
