The Hindu 31.01.2014
Water board acts tough on defaulters
Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) officials invoked the Revenue Recovery Act (RR Act) to confiscate moveable assets worth Rs. 4.43 lakh from the premises of two defaulters -- Sri Laxmi Enclave (two connections) and Raksha Multi-Speciality Hospital (one connection) -- at Sahebnagar on Thursday.
Water Board officials said that this was the second time that the RR Act had been invoked in the last two months.
The defaulters were served disconnection notices and a red notice was issued for seizing their assets, but the consumers had failed to pay up the arrears. Due to their failure to clear the dues, the authorities said RR Act was invoked and moveable assets proportionate to the dues had been seized, according to a release.
Man booked
The Water Board authorities booked a criminal case against a resident of Sri Saibaba Colony for drawing drinking water illegally from the water supply pipeline laid by the board at Kukatpally.
The authorities found that Mr. Reddy had been drawing water illegally during an inspection at his house. They finally booked the case against him.
Six cases filed
So far, six cases have been filed against illegal water supply connection holders and three people have been arrested in the last two months.
The officials said similar action would be taken against the defaulters if they do not clear the dues in time.
Invokes RR Act to confiscate Rs. 4.43 lakh from two defaulters.
