HYDERABAD: By January 31, over one lakh taps, in three major GHMC peripheral circles including parts of KPHB, Seri Lingampally and Patancheru, may go dry due to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board’s (HMWS&SB) decision to stop Manjira water supply.The water board has decided to stop Manjira water, in view of receding water levels in the Manjira reservoir. Sensing the danger, water Board officials have decided to stop further supplies to the GHMC periphery. According to the HMWS&SB’s latest water levels records, the ‘full tank level’ (FTL) of the Manjira reservoir is, 1651.750 foot while the recorded water levels on Wednesday was 1641.800 foot. Last year, on the same date, the reservoir water scale stood at 1645.600 foot.“Although Godavari and Krishna drinking water sources have enough water levels due to bountiful rains in 2018. However, due to scanty rainfall in Karnataka upstream areas, there are no fresh inflows either to Manjira or Singur reservoirs. As a result, water levels in Manjira are dipping every day,” HMWS&SB chief general manager-Transmission Circle, D Sudershan told TOI. The water board has been supplying a total of 13 million gallons of water per day (MGD) Manjira water for the past two months, he said.“To compensate for the Manjira water, the water board has decided to provide Godavari water through ‘Godavari Ring Main-I’ project, to the affected areas. Works pertaining to the laying of 43-kilometer length of trunk between Ghanpur ‘master balancing reservoir’ (MBR) and Patancheru MBR, are nearing completion and we are expecting to commission the Godavari Ring Main-I in another month,” Sudershan said. “Meanwhile, we will supply Krishna water through a ‘reverse’ water supply system which the water board had done three years ago when Manjira and Singur reservoirs totally dried up,” the official added.