SECUNDERABAD: Property owners desirous of securing new water connections in Secunderabad Cantonment should pay more fees. The Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) has proposed to gather the revised water connection fees even from folks living in slums.
The proposal might be positioned before the SCB) meeting scheduled for Monday . Once the SCB approves the brand new tariff, officials will acquire the revised fees.
The existing fees of `eight,500 for part an inch pipeline might be higher to `10,000.About `3,000 might be gathered from slum-dwellers. For building with RCC in slum areas, the revised fees are `4,000. The SCB has proposed to gather `eight,500 from owners of structures with multiple flooring in slums.
"We have also proposed revised charges for second water connection. For instance, `8,500 is collected from owners in colonies and slums. The revised rate will be `15,000 for colonies. The board will collect a penalty of `5,000 apart from `15,000 for regularisation of illegal connections. In slum areas, `12,000 will be collected for sanction second water connection," SCB water wing instructed TOI.
However, there might be no change in the tariff for halfinch pipe connections. At pre sent, the SCB collects `315 a month in opposition to water fees.In the brand new proposal, the per thirty days fees in slums is `160 as a substitute of `315, assets stated.
Aproposal of one time settlement (OTS) scheme is also under consideration. This OTS scheme is appropriate to slums best . The defaulters, whose arrears are pending till December 2016 will have to pay `eight,500 in addition to the prevailing arrears. The shoppers, who paid the arrears, will get water expenses from January 2017, stated assets. Temples and other puts of worship are being exempted from those revised fees.
The proposal might be positioned before the SCB) meeting scheduled for Monday . Once the SCB approves the brand new tariff, officials will acquire the revised fees.
The existing fees of `eight,500 for part an inch pipeline might be higher to `10,000.About `3,000 might be gathered from slum-dwellers. For building with RCC in slum areas, the revised fees are `4,000. The SCB has proposed to gather `eight,500 from owners of structures with multiple flooring in slums.
"We have also proposed revised charges for second water connection. For instance, `8,500 is collected from owners in colonies and slums. The revised rate will be `15,000 for colonies. The board will collect a penalty of `5,000 apart from `15,000 for regularisation of illegal connections. In slum areas, `12,000 will be collected for sanction second water connection," SCB water wing instructed TOI.
However, there might be no change in the tariff for halfinch pipe connections. At pre sent, the SCB collects `315 a month in opposition to water fees.In the brand new proposal, the per thirty days fees in slums is `160 as a substitute of `315, assets stated.
Aproposal of one time settlement (OTS) scheme is also under consideration. This OTS scheme is appropriate to slums best . The defaulters, whose arrears are pending till December 2016 will have to pay `eight,500 in addition to the prevailing arrears. The shoppers, who paid the arrears, will get water expenses from January 2017, stated assets. Temples and other puts of worship are being exempted from those revised fees.
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