Hyderabad Reels Under Severe Water Shortage, Locals Spend Rs 2,500 Per Week

Last Updated:May 03, 2025, 08:23 IST

As the demand for water increases with summer, the suppliers of tankers are sending at least five to six tankers daily in different shifts to the western and central regions.

Hyderabad Water Scarcity: Representative image (Credits: PTI)

With the arrival of summer, Hyderabad is reeling under a severe water crisis. Taps are running dry and the price of water is also on a massive rise.

While the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) have already deployed more than 10,000 water tankers, the demand, mostly in the western and central areas of the city, continues to increase. Regions including Madhapur and Kondapur are witnessing a sharp rise in the demand for water tanks.

According to a report by the Times Of India, several tanker operators are sending at least five to six tankers daily in different shifts to the western and central regions. The tanker operators have been supplying nearly 80 to 90 kilolitres of water daily to several residential societies for the past two weeks.

Several locals also took to the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to express concern over the rising water prices and the crisis being faced by the city.

One netizen with the username @gbsiva93 called for action by the government and wrote, “Central govt should take over all river controls and connect each other. Should provide water to all cities without shortage. India has lot of water resources but poor water management system making water scarcity in major cities. Now its #Hyderabad.”

“When u got elected as MLA , u were so active. U tried to change lot of things. Whether its achieved or not doesn’t matter but u tried. But after became DCM u got lot of power , but u seemed inactive. Use opportunity @Udhaystalin,” he said in a second tweet.

A second user said, “it’s 2014 all over again, karimnagar struggles for water, unannounced power cuts in Hyderabad, amaravati being in news again.”

Reportedly, the price charged for a 25 KL tanker by a private operator is around Rs 3,500 to 4,000. Meanwhile, for a 10 KL water tanker, the suppliers charge around Rs 1,500 to 2,000.

Ravi Shanker, a resident of a gated society in Kondapur, said that each family is paying Rs 2,500 per week to buy water.

“Last year, we hardly booked any tankers. But this year supply from the board has been very erratic. We are getting water only for three to four hours instead of the usual seven to eight hours a day. Moreover, borewells in our locality have dried up despite digging up to 1,200 metres. Earlier, even a 600-metre-deep borewell would draw water from the ground,” he was quoted as saying by TOI.

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