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[h=1]Kejriwal government to waive off pending water bills[/h]Announcing a “gift” on its first anniversary, the Delhi government on Sunday said water bills of households pending till November 2015 will be waived off -- partly or fully.
Addressing a gathering to mark one year of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said numerous families that had got inflated bills at some point had stopped paying water bills.
While the economically weaker sections will get a full waiver up to November 30, others will enjoy concessions of 25 to 75% depending on their economic category, he said.
Water minister Kapil Mishra told IANS that this concession was conditional upon the affected households going for functional water meters.
“There have been cases where people got inflated bills. To avoid paying such bills, they stopped paying every bill, posing a huge problem for our accounts department,” he said.
“It was posing an unnecessary burden on us, and we knew this amount wasn’t recoverable.”
Read more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi...water-bills/story-lyooc72SGNKSaQ930AXKzM.html
Addressing a gathering to mark one year of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said numerous families that had got inflated bills at some point had stopped paying water bills.
While the economically weaker sections will get a full waiver up to November 30, others will enjoy concessions of 25 to 75% depending on their economic category, he said.
Water minister Kapil Mishra told IANS that this concession was conditional upon the affected households going for functional water meters.
“There have been cases where people got inflated bills. To avoid paying such bills, they stopped paying every bill, posing a huge problem for our accounts department,” he said.
“It was posing an unnecessary burden on us, and we knew this amount wasn’t recoverable.”
Read more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi...water-bills/story-lyooc72SGNKSaQ930AXKzM.html