After a hike in milk and diesel costs, water will even get dearer in Bengaluru metropolis. The Bengaluru Water Provide and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) introduced a hike in water tariffs within the metropolis on Wednesday. It stated the brand new tariff shall be relevant from the Could invoice cycle, and the hike depends upon the extent of water utilized by a home or an residence advanced.
The hike in water payments shall be annual henceforth, as BWSSB has determined to implement a advice of the Administrative Reforms Fee, which has advised a 3 per cent improve in water tariffs yearly. The choice comes months after Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D Ok Shivakumar stated that the tariffs could be hiked on account of a rise within the operational bills of BWSSB.
Ram Prasath Manohar, BWSSB Chairman, stated that water payments are being hiked after a spot of 11 years, as the ability tariff and different bills of the Board had elevated three-fold. “For my part, this won’t burden customers who use much less water. However it should have an effect on those that use it luxuriously,” he stated.
As per the announcement, for a family that used to get a water invoice of Rs 200 per 30 days earlier, the invoice will go as much as Rs 220-230. Particular person homes that use as much as 8,000 litres of water will see a hike of 0.15 paisa per litre, taking the prevailing tariff of Rs seven per 1,000 litres to Rs 8.5 per 1,000 litres.
Households utilizing between 8,001 and 25,000 litres of water may have an elevated invoice of 0.3 paisa per litre, taking the prevailing tariff from Rs 11 to Rs 14 per 1,000 litres. These utilizing 25,001-50,000 litres of water may have a 0.8 paisa improve with the tariff rising from Rs 26 to Rs 34 per 1,000 litres, and households utilizing 50,000 litres and above will see a 1 paisa improve with the tariff going up from Rs 45 to Rs 55 per 1,000 litres.
The revised tariff for residence complexes can also be primarily based on consumption. Condo complexes utilizing water between 0-2 lakh litre per 30 days will present a rise of 0.3 paisa per litre of their invoice; these utilizing 2-5 lakh litres must pay 0.6 paisa extra, and for complexes utilizing 5-10 lakh litres per 30 days, there shall be hike of 1 paisa. Water tariffs will see a rise of 0.9 paisa per litre for bulk use by industrial and industrial customers.
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