Business Line 04.12.2013
Water to cost more for Vizag units
Visakhapatnam, Dec. 4:
The water tariff for commercial semi-bulk supply and
industrial use may be enhanced by the municipal authorities. The tariff
for both the categories is proposed to be revised as the corporation is
incurring 15 per cent more on the supply due to increase in power
tariff and other expenses.
With the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation proposing to take up 24X7 water supply project under JNNURM, there are apprehensions that tariff may go up as meters would be fixed.
GVMC Commissioner M. V. Satyanarayana has said there is no move to increase the tariff for the BPL population from Rs 60 a month and for middle and upper middle classes that mostly come under the Rs 120 a month category.
For industrial supply, the approval of the Visakhapatnam Industrial Water Supply Company (VISWCO) is needed. Presently, raw water and treated water are suppled at Rs 26 and Rs 36 a kl.
