Hyderabad: Rs 17,212 Crore Sewer Network In Pipeline To Cover 7,034 km Under New Master Plan

In a bid to address Hyderabad’s growing sanitation needs, the state government has launched an ambitious project to overhaul the city’s struggling sewerage system. The plan aims not only to renovate the aging infrastructure but also to extend the sewer network to the Outer Ring Road (ORR), ensuring comprehensive coverage as the city expands.

Under the government's Comprehensive Sewerage Master Plan (CSMP), the project will see the construction of a 4,378-kilometer sewer network. This initiative, with a budget of Rs 17,212 crore, will serve both the peripheral circles and portions of the core city zones up to the ORR.

The peripheral areas covered under the plan include Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) circles such as Uppal, Kapra, Malkajgiri, Alwal, Serilingampally, Rajendranagar, LB Nagar, Kukatpally, and Quthbullapur. These regions have been divided into three packages, totaling 2,231 kilometers of new sewerage lines.

City officials highlighted that Hyderabad's current sewage collection system is inadequate, as the existing lateral sewers were installed by smaller municipalities years ago. To prevent sewage from flowing through nalas, the entire system will be refurbished, with new lateral sewers, branch sewers, and trunk mains reports The New Indian Express.

The sewerage project has a dedicated budget of Rs 12,848 crore for constructing a new sewage collection system in areas lacking proper infrastructure. In addition, the existing network will undergo repairs and upgrades, including replacing pipes and modernising pumping stations, which accounts for nearly 75 per cent of the project’s total cost.

The master plan has been prepared by Mumbai-based Shah Technical Consultants, a firm specializing in infrastructure, water, and wastewater management. The firm has previously developed similar plans for water supply and sewerage systems in Chennai and 104 towns within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.