Water meters
Vijayawada – Vijayawada Municipal Corporation is planning to increase water tax in the city due to overburden of power surcharge. On a regular basis, around Rs 20 crore is being spent towards supplying drinking water in the city. As of now, the revenue being collected through water tax is around Rs 8 crore. Now the [...] Continue Reading »
Lucknow- From past few months a heavy amount of water is being wasted by the residents of Lucknow. Thus to control the water consumption and prevent its wastage Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam is taking steps towards it. The corporation is planning to install water meters in all private houses across the whole city who receives [...] Continue Reading »
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has received good response for the regularisation of water connections from residents after implementing a water amnesty scheme ‘Abhay Yojana’ to gain water tax dues from the citizens. The amnesty scheme will be implemented till November 30. Around 1,700 citizens have applied for installation of new water meters under Abhay [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Noida soon will have to pay water bill as per the meter reading instead of fixed rates. The Noida authority is considering a proposal to install water meters at all premises covering an area of 240 meter square or more. The main objective is to check the wastage of drinking water. Under [...] Continue Reading »
The Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) has taken the initiative of fixing water meters in its jurisdiction for residential customers. This initiative was taken to monitor water usage and consumption. SCB is also expecting a boost in their revenue through this venture. In the past, residents have been blaming the board for irregular and inadequate water supply. In [...] Continue Reading »
Water meter reading project which was discontinued in April has been resumed by the BMC. They have already started installing the meters. 90% of the meters that were installed earlier were non-functional and the civic body had been charging consumers on the basis of last consumption. According to the hydraulics department, around 51,500 water meters [...] Continue Reading »
