Telangana Govt. to provide drinking water facilities, build new drainage system

Hyderabad: Telangana Urban Development and Information Technology Minister K. T. Rama Rao on Friday said all households will be given drinking water connection under Bhagiratha mission initiated by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.

“Daily we are collecting around 3000 water samples from all areas where Hyderabad metro water supply reaches and this samples are being tested and check is done,” Rama Roa said.

The Minister also added that the government is planning to build new sewerage treatment plants in the city and would seek help from the Centre.

“We will also plan to build new sewerage treatment plants in city and if needed we will seek help from central government for this,” he said.

He said while replying to a query posed by BJP MLAs Chintala Ramchander and Dr Laxman, TDP MLA Kuna Vivek, and Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MLA Jaffar Hussain about city sewerage system and water supply.

ANI