Steely resolve: Water board plans 1,000 steel tankers soon

Hyderabad | Thursday | 21st February, 2019

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The steel tankers will wear a swanky look on the lines of milk tankers.Presently, it has only 50 steel tankers and the target is to have 1,000 tankers made of steel in the next six months. If everything goes well as it has planned, potable water will be supplied to consumers in steel tankers, operated by the water board , in another six months all over the city. HMWS&SB director (revenue) B Vijay Kumar Reddy told TOI, “we have invited expression of interest from national firms to run these steel tankers. Commercial tankers with a capacity of 5 KL, 10 KL and 20 KL charge Rs 850, Rs 1,700 and Rs 3,400 respectively. HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) is all set to showcase a “steely resolve”..