Deficient rainfall leading to minimal inflow to Singur reservoir has created a water crisis in Sangareddy district. Even as half of September is over, at many places bores have not been charged and the water yield not restored to earlier level. The general feeling in the district is that water crisis like in summer season may have already stepped in.
District gone dry
At one apartment in the district headquarters town, water used to be pumped to the overhead tank till March this year but it gradually dried up. A new borewell was dug on the premises, but even that failed to yield water to the expected level. Currently, both the new and existing borewells are not completely charged, as a result of which water has not been lifted to the overhead tank.
The situation in many other multi-storey buildings is no different. Not only the common people, the crisis seems to be affecting public representatives too.
About four months ago, Sangareddy legislator T. Jayaprakash Reddy raised the issue at a press conference stating that the district may face drought well before the end of rainy season and there would be drinking water crisis. He stated that Godavari water had already reached Patancheru and the same could be extended to Sangareddy and other areas as well through ‘reverse pumping’.
Even the officials of Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board informed that it was possible to supply drinking water to Sangareddy via reverse pumping, if the political will is there.
MLA’s appeal
On Sunday, Andol MLA Chanti Kranthi Kiran brought the issue to Chief Minister’s notice. “There was almost nil inflow into Singur reservoir due to lack of rains and this was brought to the notice of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. He has responded positively and said that the government is ready to spend even ₹100 crore to address the issue,” the MLA said, adding that there was a possibility of pumping water to Sangareddy but the officials have to take the final call.
“Public representatives from other areas were also feeling the pinch but did not dare to openly air their opinions. They are the same people who have to face public wrath when the problem reaches alarming proportions,” said a TRS leader on the condition of anonymity.