The water crisis is worsening in the state of Telangana. The ground waters are depleting by the day. The HMWSSB is running tankers round the clock during the Ramzan period.
But it is not giving the required quantity of water from the taps. The board is releasing only half the quantity of water to the people in general.
Groundwater department officials said indiscriminate drilling of bore-wells reaching out to the depths of more than 1000 ft was observed in many of the urban pockets.
Groundwater cannot be viewed as the main source of water supply.
It can only be a supplementary source, they said, stressing on the need to confine to the dynamic and rechargeable groundwater sources and to discourage the trend of tapping the meager static groundwater resource. Mahabubnagar, being part of the high altitude zone, the scope for recharge of groundwater levels has been very less.
The private tankers are doing good business. The power consumption is going up in the twin cities. While there is no immediate problem with the power distribution, there is severe issue with the water supply.
