The residents of Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) are now required to seek permission from authorities before digging borewells, and will be charged for groundwater extraction beyond a specified limit.
The announcement was conveyed through a draft regulation updated on the SCB website on December 27. Military establishments falling within the local limits of the Board must also report the presence of borewells.
As per the regulation, charges for residential borewell extraction exceeding 100 litres per day will be set at ₹3 per kilolitre. For commercial/industrial borewells extracting more than 50 litres per day, a charge of ₹10 per kilolitre will apply.