Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Human Rights & Consumer Protection Cell Trust Vs. The State of Telangana & Others dated 12/09/2018. The case pertains to two major water bodies in Hyderabad, namely, Himayatsagar and Osmansagar where constructions are being undertaken and industries run causing threat …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Human Rights & Consumer Protection Cell Trust Vs. The State of Telangana & Others dated 12/09/2018. The case pertains to two major water bodies in Hyderabad, namely, Himayatsagar and Osmansagar where constructions are being undertaken and industries run causing threat …
Hyderabad: For the first time in Telangana floating solar power plants will be constructed on the Himayathsagar and Osmansagar lakes. Pumping drinking water through its network to areas beyond GHMC limits costs HMWS&SB; `70 crore per month in electricity bills and solar power is a cheaper alternative. The water board …
Activists concerned by forest land to Navy, threat to Husainsagar and Osmansagar. Dammagudem reserve block covers 3,261 acres of forest land that is home to protected animals like deers, wild boars and other exotic flora and fauna. Hyderabad: The Telangana state government faces criticism from civic activists in the state …
Hyderabad: A fresh investigation by the petitioner Mr. Thakur Rajkumar Singh and his team, has revealed that the fencing of Osmansagar reservoir being carried out by the Cyberabad police commissionerate as part of the ‘Save Gandipet project’ excludes the buffer zone and part of the full tank level (FTL) of …
Osmansagar and Himayatsagar, may be excluded from GO 111, that bars construction activity within 10-km radius of the lakes. Hyderabad: More than half of the 84 villages that fall under the catchment area of the city's two prime sources of drinking water, Osmansagar and Himayatsagar, may be excluded from GO …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) dated 25/01/2017 in the matter of Telangana State Pollution Control Board Paryavaran Bhavan VS Md Shahbaz Ullah Ranga Reddy District regarding industries situated in Kotwalguda Village and Jalpally Village, Ranga Reddy District. The Telangana State Pollution Control Board had directed closure …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board Vs M/s. Visakha Industries Ltd and another dated 26/11/2013 regarding industries located within 10 km radius of the lakes, Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/16_2012(THC)(App)(SZ)_26Nov2013_final_order.pdf
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board’s scheme to regularise illegal water connections has failed miserably with not a single application being submitted. Though thousands called up the Board office and many others came in person to enquire about the regularisation offer, which concluded a couple of days ago, …
Though Osmansagar and Himayatsagar are on the verge of drying up due to poor inflows, there is some good news too. Groundwater levels in most of the localities in the city have risen. Groundwater, which was available at an average of 7.45 metres in Hyderabad in August last year, has …
Hyderabad: Over a dozen petitions have been filed by environmentalists before the Andhra Pradesh High Court in connection with protection of the lakes in Hyderabad Metropolitan Area. The High Court itself has taken a suo moto case with regard to saving Durgam Cheruvu Lake and Ramanthapur Lake. The HC had …
Hyderabad: There has been a spurt in real estate activity in several villages covered under the GO 111 which restricts development in the 10-kilometre radius of twin water bodies of Osmansagar and Himayatsagar. Besides increase in transactions by 10-15 per cent, the local registration and revenue offices are flooded with …
Hyderabad: Adding to the water woes of the city, drying borewells are cause for serious concern. As many as 208 of the total 977 power borewells and another 547 of the total 5,293 hand borewells have dried up a month before “peak summer” hits the city. Mobile tanker bookings have …
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday expressed its displeasure at the apathy of the authorities in protecting the Osmansagar and Himayatsagar lakes —the main drinking water sources for the state capital — from encroachments and pollution. The court sought an action taken report from the authorities. A division bench …
Hyderabad: The city is bracing itself for even more intense water woes this coming summer. Going by past experience, citizens know that the duration and the quantity of the water supply will be gradually reduced in the city as summer reaches its peak. Already, supplies of the precious liquid are …
Hyderabad: APPCB Task Force, on Friday reportedly directed immediate closure of about 25 polluting units operating within 10km radius of Osmansagar (Gandipet) and Himayats-agar lakes, the main source of drinking water to the city for not shifting despite repeated notices. APPCB Task Force reportedly decided to cut off the power …
Hyderabad: APPCB Task Force, on Friday reportedly directed immediate closure of about 25 polluting units operating within 10km radius of Osmansagar (Gandipet) and Himayats-agar lakes, the main source of drinking water to the city for not shifting despite repeated notices. APPCB Task Force reportedly decided to cut off the power …
Though the water available in the reservoirs presently is far less in quantity compared to the same day last year, it will be sufficient to supply 340 million gallons of water per day to the city if the officials of Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board are to be …
With the water levels in reservoirs depleting fast, complaints over an acute scarcity of water are pouring in from almost all parts of Hyderabad city. Citizens say a large number of areas in the city are short of water now. The Water Board has started pumping water from the Osmansagar …
Brace up for a relatively parched summer, as drinking water supply is likely to take a nosedive with both Osmansagar and Himayatsagar fast drying up. According to officials, water available in the two reservoirs will be sufficient for supply only up to May, after which reserves will reach dead storage …
The city’s drinking water distribution network consisting of Krishna, Manjira, Singur, Osmansagar and Himayatsagar and the proposed Godavari will be interlinked. Interlinking is crucial as water from any source can be diverted to areas facing shortage. For example, there were complaints of foul smelling water from Osmansagar and Himayatsagar two …
