A drinking water crisis is looming large over the Cantonment areas while the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board and the Secunderabad Cantonment Board spar over payment of water connection charges. A major water pipeline was laid from Mahindra Hills to Karkhana. The agreement between the two public utilities was that the Water Board would supply 10 lakhs gallons of water per day through the new line, which is connected to the Krishna Phase-II line at Mahindra Hills.