The New Indian Express 11.12.2010
Water tariff hike imminent?
Sources say BWSSB plans a hike of 20 per cent as the tariff has not been increased for more than seven years.
BWSSB chairman P B Ramamurthy said, “The power tariff has been hiked twice this year, increasing BWSSB’s burden by Rs 55 crore. We had sent a proposal for a tariff hike to the government but the government sent back the file with some observations.
We will reply to those observations and mention how the power hike will affect us.’’ Before the power tariff hike, BWSSB was spending around Rs 271 crore of its Rs 500- crore revenue a year on power alone and will spend Rs 30 crore more due to the recent hike.
PRESENT TARIFF
Domestic
For the first 8,000 litres Rs 6 for every 1,000 litres.
From 8001 to 25,000 litres Rs 9 for every 1,000 litres.
From 25,000 to 50,000 litres Rs 15 for every 1,000 litres.
BWSSB charges Rs 30 for every 1,000 litres from 50,000 litres onwards.
Non-domestic
For the first 10,000 litres
* 36 for every 1,000 litres and Rs 39 for every 1,000 litres for the subsequent 10,000 litres.
From 20,001 to 40,000 litres Rs 44 for every thousand litres and Rs 55 for every 1,000 litres after that.
The tariff will increase under each slab in proportion with the hike approved by the government.
