HYDERABAD, May 20: The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has launched a massive operation against defaulters of water dues and disconnected a number of connections of water and sealed the lines of scores of consumers.

The agency has also issued warnings to the defaulters of 23 plazas against whom a total amount of Rs8.974 million was outstanding.

The agency has warned that if any water consumer re-connected the pipeline without prior permission of the department, he would be prosecuted for water theft and slapped a heavy fine in addition to judicial process.

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