Bengaluru: A building inhabited by 10 people in Jogupalya, near Ulsoor, received water bills from Rs 78,830 defeat for October.
The owner Sunil Kumar S generally gets a bill of 3,000 Rs.
The jogupalya population claims 80% of households in the area face a similar problem in October.
Besides Sunil, TOI spoke to one more residents, Sai Narasimhan, who also complained about excess billing.
BWSSB officials admit that the bill has become one of the most widely discussed problems on its weekly water.
They say the board needs to use technology to solve this problem.
Sunil Kumar said, “I did not run a water supply business to get a huge bill.
When I went to the BWSSB Ward office, they said they would not be able to come to the ball without a ball.
An official who came reading the meter behaved when I said I don’t have a ball valve.
I have stayed here for six years and I have never experienced something like this.
They asked me to attend the water of the water so I could get a RS 20,000 or more concession.
But why should I? “Jogupalya residents say people – Middle-class people have obtained water bills of Rs 15,000-16,000 and BWSSB must be responsible for it.
Sai Narasimhan, another resident with a broken bill, said, “I live with one other person in a small house with a bedroom and kitchen.
I have stayed at this house for seven years and hasn’t paid more than Rs 520 for a water bill.
I am Receiving the Bill from Rs 13,000 for October.
As a motorized autorickshaw driver from the middle class household, I did not see why I had to pay so much when it wasn’t my fault.
When I approached the BWSSB Ward officials during the water, they said I could pay the amount by recording ! “A BWSSB official admitted there were many complaints about billing from all over the city.
“But we don’t change the system because we have is water and much more to help people like that,” he said.
“Sometimes people don’t realize the tap water is on.
This is why we tell them that it is important to have a ball valve to avoid throwing water.
Regardless of how much water wasted in vain, RS 78,000 billed to the Jogupalya Resident is very steep and There seems to be a hose since our end.
I will send our special squad to the location on Monday and have a tested meter, “the official said.
Officially adding sometimes not deleted arrears can push monthly bills.
Bengaluru: Water bills that increase vex jogupalya residents
