NEW DELHI, Aug 27: The Government will waive water arrears of consumers who live in colonies categorised E, F, G and H and have functional domestic meters, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday.
Delhi’s colonies are categorised from A-H. Officials said A-D category colonies are considered as middle and upper middle residential areas. ‘A’ category colony include those in Maharani Bagh, Chanakyapuri and Golf Links.
Addressing a press conference here, the chief minister said 10.5 lakh people living in these colonies will be benefitted by this move.
He said late payment surcharge will also be waived off of those consumers who get their functional metres installed by November 30 this year.
For ‘A’ and ‘B’ category colonies, 100 per cent Late Payment Surcharge (LPSC) will be waived while 25 per cent of principal arrear will also be waived.
People living in ‘C’ category colonies will also get 50 per cent waiver on their principal arrear and 100 per cent LPSC waiver, he said. In ‘D’ category colonies, people will get waiver of 100 per cent LPSC and 75 per cent principal arrear. (PTI)
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