SCB seeks revision of water tariff slabs
Sunil Mungara | TNN | Mar 17, 2019, 07:16 IST
Representative imageSECUNDERABAD: The cashstrapped Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) has urged the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) to revise water tariff so that it could save up to Rs 50 lakh per month on water bills.
“We are facing a financial crisis and struggling to pay the monthly water bills to the Water Board. If the tariff is revised, we can save Rs 50 lakh per month. This amount can be used for improving water supply network to tail-end areas and remote corners in Cantonment,” SCB water wing superintendent, S Raj Kumar told STOI.
The Water Board collects Rs 13.50 per kilo litre from the SCB for supplying potable water under the bulk category and supplies 65 lakh gallons of water a day. The SCB pays water bills of Rs 1.02 crore every month to the HMWS&SB.
“At present, we are supplying water three days in a week to our consumers. We spent Rs 10 crore for laying water pipelines connecting the reservoirs to the local area water network to ensure uninterrupted supply of Godavari and Krishna water,” Raj Kumar said.
When contacted, HMWS&SB director (revenue) B Vijay Kumar Reddy told STOI that the SCB authorities had urged them to revise the tariff from Rs 13.50 per KL to Rs 7 per KL. “We do not have powers to revise the tariff. Any decision will have to be taken by the state government,” he said.
Before the December assembly polls, a delegation of SCB ward members had called on then municipal administration minister KT Rama Rao and urged him for a revisal of tariff. “He had responded positively and asked HMWS&SB manging director M Dana Kishore to revise it as per the rules. But, our plea is yet to be fulfilled,” said SCB vice-president J Ramakrishna.
Two weeks ago, the delegation had met animal husbandry minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav, who promised to put forth the issue to CM K Chandrasekhar Rao. “Once our plea on water tariff revision is accepted, we will start providing potable water on alternate days,” Ramakrishna added.
“We are facing a financial crisis and struggling to pay the monthly water bills to the Water Board. If the tariff is revised, we can save Rs 50 lakh per month. This amount can be used for improving water supply network to tail-end areas and remote corners in Cantonment,” SCB water wing superintendent, S Raj Kumar told STOI.
The Water Board collects Rs 13.50 per kilo litre from the SCB for supplying potable water under the bulk category and supplies 65 lakh gallons of water a day. The SCB pays water bills of Rs 1.02 crore every month to the HMWS&SB.
“At present, we are supplying water three days in a week to our consumers. We spent Rs 10 crore for laying water pipelines connecting the reservoirs to the local area water network to ensure uninterrupted supply of Godavari and Krishna water,” Raj Kumar said.
When contacted, HMWS&SB director (revenue) B Vijay Kumar Reddy told STOI that the SCB authorities had urged them to revise the tariff from Rs 13.50 per KL to Rs 7 per KL. “We do not have powers to revise the tariff. Any decision will have to be taken by the state government,” he said.
Before the December assembly polls, a delegation of SCB ward members had called on then municipal administration minister KT Rama Rao and urged him for a revisal of tariff. “He had responded positively and asked HMWS&SB manging director M Dana Kishore to revise it as per the rules. But, our plea is yet to be fulfilled,” said SCB vice-president J Ramakrishna.
Two weeks ago, the delegation had met animal husbandry minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav, who promised to put forth the issue to CM K Chandrasekhar Rao. “Once our plea on water tariff revision is accepted, we will start providing potable water on alternate days,” Ramakrishna added.
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