Hyderabad, June 16 -- The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) on Monday, June 16, imposed a Rs 10,000 fine on a Khairatabad resident for wasting drinking water.

The resident is a doctor by profession.

The action on the orders of Water Board Managing Director Ashok Reddy was taken during a sewerage inspection in Anand Nagar Colony. He noticed that drinking water overflowed from the sump or an overhead tank.

He expressed anger at the water wastage and instructed officials to issue a notice and impose the fine.

During his inspection, Reddy observed that the accumulated slit is the root cause of the recurring overflow sewerage problems and directed officials to undertake special de-silting drives in the affecte...