Hyderabad: Water is likely to become a major campaign issue in the run-up to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections. All parties, including the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), are banking on water to emerge victorious at the hustings.The ruling party had kicked off its poll campaign a month before the poll schedule was out and even put up flexis and hoardings on 'Mission Bhageeratha', highlighting its efforts to commission the Krishna phase-III and the Godavari phase-I projects.However, TRS-led government has announced providing tap connection to every household, but Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) is yet to begin its process. The officials, however, completed a survey on number of tap connections to be needed under the scheme, but the survey is in cold storage. But TRS has taken up this scheme - tap connection to every household - and included in its GHMC poll campaign.Also, with its eyes on the GHMC mantle, the TRS government has sanctioned Rs 1,900 crore to implement a comprehensive water supply scheme in 11 surrounding municipal circles. After the Election Commission gave the green signal for the tender process, the Telangana ministers went on foundation stone-laying spree in the past week before the model code of conduct (MCC) came into force.However, the ground-breaking ceremony for construction of 5 million litre (ML) capacity reservoirs at Borabanda, Sanatnagar and Lalapet on January 9 had to be put on hold due to the poll code."Though the TRS claims that it has commissioned Godavari-I and Krishna phase-III, these projects benefit only some areas of the city. Water supply has not improved and still most areas are facing water problem. How can TRS claim that Mission Bhageeratha is a success in such a scenario," Greater Hyderabad Congress Committee president and former minister Danam Nagender told TOI. "We will expose the failures of TRS during our campaign." the city Congress chief said."Krishna and Godavari water supply schemes are not new one. The BJP-led government had proposed and commissioned Krishna phase-I and II during Atal Behari Vajpayee regime. In fact, the BJP government had facilitated the HUDCO loan to supply water to the city," BJP, Telangana, president G Kishan Reddy said.