Hike in power tariff may propotionally increase your water bills as BWSSB has written to government for hike in water tariff. In order to meet BWSSB‘s increasing monthly expenditure on power charges,BWSSB has written to the government asking for a proportional hike in the water tariff.
In case the government approves BWSSB‘s proposal, there might be a proportional hike in water tariff for both domestic and commercial consumers. “We are incurring almost a 11.5% increase in our monthly power charges, paying Rs 2.5 crore extra a month. In case the government approves our proposal, there might be a proportional hike in water tariff” said BWSSB chairperson P B Ramamurthy at a meet at FKCCI.
On Tuesday, there will be no water supply in the North and East parts of Bangalore.The crisis follows a sudden sludge in the motors and almost all the machines have stopped functioning since monday evening. The supply will be restored after Tuesday as the repair work is in progress.
Source: The Time of India
