Hyderabad, April 23 --  With summer demand for drinking water rising sharply across the city, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) Managing Director Ashok Reddy on Thursday, April 23, inspected multiple tanker filling stations, ordered round-the-clock monitoring at key locations and warned of strict action against anyone found indulging in irregularities in the booking process.

Reddy visited several filling stations under the water board's jurisdiction during the day and, noting heavy booking volumes at stations in Kondapur, Madhapur, Ayyappa Society, Banjara Hills and Somajiguda, directed officials to keep operations running 24 hours and to organise tanker dispatches across two shifts so that no pending o...