Hyderabad, March 14 -- The Telangana High Court on Thursday, March 14, issued a series of instructions for the conservation and regulation of water in the state.

A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti issued the directions while hearing a writ petition filed by a journalist in 2005 over scarcity of drinking water in Telangana.

Considering the petition had been on hold since 2005, it was conceived that the matter was now unnecessary. However, the court noted that the issue of water conservation cannot become infructuous.

The Principal secretary to the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department was therefore directed to recognise all structures which do not possess a rainwater...