Hyderabad: Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has decided to go whole hog against consumers who use motor pumps to illegally draw drinking water during supply hours. A ...

has decided to crack the whip against consumers drawing drinking water illegally by connecting motor pumps during supply time. The Board plans to impose a penalty of ₹5,000 and seize the motor.

The motor was activated at 3.30 am on Thursday, channelling Godavari River water into the Dharmasagar Reservoir to alleviate the irrigation water shortage in the Jangaon district. The government ...