Sahebnagar to Marredpalli pipeline would not only link the entire Secunderabad and Cantonment areas but also nearby municipalities of Malkajgiri, Kapra and Uppal with the Krishna network.
The effort is part of the HMWSSB's ambitious exercise to link the entire water supply network of the twin cities and surrounding municipalities with the Krishna water supply grid reducing the burden on Singur and the Manjeera. Due share from Singur and Manjeera had been the long-pending demand of farmers of Medak district, who had been opposing the apportioning of major share of water from the Singur reservoir to the State capital at the cost of their irrigation needs.The Sahebnagar-Lingampally pipeline, for which work is in progress for more than a year now, would bring in 45 MGD to areas now covered by the Singur water system besides parts of those under the Himayatsagar and the Osmansagar grid, including the Mylardeverapalli, Rajendranagar, Asifnagar and Prashasannagar areas.
The water board would also call for tenders soon for laying a similar pipeline from Sahebnagar to Marredpalli. The 11-km pipeline would not only link the entire Secunderabad and Secunderabad Cantonment areas but also nearby municipalities of Malkajgiri, Kapra and Uppal with the Krishna network. More importantly, it would bolster supplies to these water-starved municipalities where residents still get drinking water once in three to five days unlike their peers in the city despite the comfortable water supply position this year.
The Rs. 85-crore pipeline would be laid from L.B. Nagar X Roads to Marredpally/Mahendra Hills to provide 55 million gallons per day (MGD) of Krishna water.
