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By Express News ServiceHYDERABAD: Hyderabadis need not fear a doomsday scenario with water resources drying up and city folks left without water to quench their thirst, said the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB), MD, M Dana Kishore on Wednesday. Presently the city is getting 420 mgd of water supply, 10 mgd higher than last year, of which 26 mgd is from the Osmansagar and Himayatsagar reservoirs, he said. Kishore said that once the Mallanasagar reservoir of 50 TMC is completed, it will receive water from KLIS continuously, which in turn will ensure regular water supply to the Kondapochamma reservoir. Regarding the Krishna water availability in Nagarjunsagar reservoir, he said that as of now 200 mgd water is being drawn from Krishna river in three phases. In the worst case scenario, with 120 TMC water still available in the Nagarjunasagar reservoir, if required, water can be used till the reservoir goes to the dead storage level..