24 hours, one pipe, many taps
HMWSSB has announced a planned 24-hour interruption on Krishna Phase-II Ring Main-2 to shift a 1,600-mm line for Uppal Junction flyover works. Stock up; this one is on the schedule, not the rumour mill.
The scheduled interruption is linked to shifting a 1,600-mm water main for Uppal Junction works.
Hyderabad’s water board says supply on the Krishna Drinking Water Supply Project (KDWSP) Phase‑II Ring Main‑2 will be interrupted for 24 hours — 10:00 am July 27 to 10:00 am July 28 — to carry out junction works on a 1,600‑mm MS gravity main at Uppal Junction. The board links the shutdown to speeding up the Uppal grade separator/flyover works, and has asked residents to use water carefully.
Areas listed by HMWSSB include Fatehnagar, Hasmathpet, Prakash Nagar, Nacharam, HMT Nagar, Beerappagadda, Habsiguda, Ramanthapur, Uppal, Mekalamandi, parts of Bholakpur, Padmarao Nagar, Bansilalpet, Buddha Nagar, parts of Tarnaka and Lalapet, Sitaphalmandi, Mettuguda, North Lallaguda, Addagutta, Balanagar, South Central Railway, MES and the Secunderabad Cantonment Board. Reports reproducing the notice add that the work coordinates with municipal authorities at Uppal and that the road towards the Warangal Highway has already been closed for the P15 foundation.
Two things HMWSSB has not put on the record yet: how many consumers this hits, and whether restoration will in fact occur at 10:00 am on July 28. Plan for the 24 hours announced; we’ll hold them to the clock after. Meanwhile, Delhi’s favourite sport — starving states of basics and calling it reform — isn’t why the taps stop here; a 1,600‑mm pipe at Uppal is.