Ludhiana: Ahead of the assembly elections, the state government has unleashed tremendous water supply and sewerage charges from defaulters domestic properties.
Nominal Rs 50 has been fixed as the monthly cost of water supply to households of over 125 square yards.
Even when the Municipal Corporation has received a copy of the notice, the source said there was confusion whether the sewerage fees that have recently revised or earlier will be enforced.
its tube wells.
MC pay around Rs 40 crore every year as the cost of electricity to supply drinking water to the residents through more than 1,100 tube-wells.
A few days ago, members of Congress Mamta Ashu council has asked the CM Charanjit Singh Channi to bear the electricity dues Tube-wells MC as cut and do not recover the cost of the water supply of residents would reach its resources with a bang.
An official of the MC said, “has been 1.48 lakh consumers, the property is less than 125 square yards, freed from the water supply and sewerage charges.
The rest now will get a nominal water bill.
But the cost of sewerage will be restored.
However, there is no clarity whether dues sewer revised or earlier will be restored.
cells of operation and maintenance is collected at least Rs 60 crore annually through bills and other means.
withholding dues would make it difficult to pay the electric bill.
So, it helps the government will pay the cost of power.
“Commissioner Zonal Neeraj Jain said, “We have received notification.
Changes will be implemented with immediate effect from 21 October.” with this notification, outstanding dues of Rs 431 crore has been released