Residents say that the practice of storing drinking water in barrels in Anna Nagar has been going on for years as none of the residences here have facilities to save water in tanks.
Hyderabad: Summer is peaking and on a casual walk through any of the lanes in Anna Nagar of Balamrai, one can find numerous water barrels kept outside residences, with locals complaining that they are badly hit with scarcity of drinking water.
Close to 200 families living in the area say that for the past several years, they have been struggling because of a severe drinking water shortage as they are provided with water by the Secunderabad Cantonment Board only once in six days, that too for just an hour.
Residents say that the practice of storing drinking water in barrels in Anna Nagar has been going on for years as none of the residences here have facilities to save water in tanks.
K Parashuram, one of the residents, said drinking water was supplied only once in five or six days.
With the quantity and the pressure of water too being very low, locals have been urging officials for more drinking water.
The hot summer has become tougher for children and elders due to the water shortage, he said, adding that even the quality of the drinking water supplied was sub-standard with a foul smell.
“Even after taking up the issue with the Secunderabad Cantonment officials, they have not done anything,” she said.
M Raj Kumar, Superintendent (Water Department), SCB however denied that there was a shortage of drinking water in the area.
Stating that there was no shortage in Anna Nagar, Raj Kumar said fresh drinking water was being supplied in the same manner to Marredpally and other areas under the cantonment and that there were no complaints from any other area.