The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has been receiving over 60,000 tanker bookings per month for the past two months, averaging at more than 2,000 bookings per day.
In February, the total number of bookings stood at 63,206, and till March 21, the bookings were 61,097, Water Board informed through a statement on Friday.
The demand for tankers has been mostly from five of the total 24 divisions, the note said. Patancheru and Serilingampally account for 35% demand, SR Nagar accounts for 22%, Kukatpally, 14%, Manikonda, 7%, and Nizampet, 6%.