Indian Express 18.02.2010
Drinking water to cost 40 pc more in Shimla
Express News Service Tags : water, corporation Posted: Thursday , Feb 18, 2010 at 0010 hrs
Shimla: The Shimla Municipal Corporation has proposed to hike the charges of drinking water by Rs 2.69 per kilo litre, supplied to over three lakh consumers of the town. The present rate of water in the town is Rs 4.24 per kilo liter, which is likely to go up to Rs 6.82 per kl. This was decided at a special meeting of the MC house on Wednesday.The corporation also decided to hike the excise duty on per bottle of liquor sold in its limits by Rs 9. The MC has now proposed to charge Rs 10 excise duty per bottle.
It has also decided to raise charges for the street lights, which is passed on to the consumer through their domestic electricity bill. Against the rate of 2 paise per unit charged earlier, the MC will now charge 10 paise per unit.
The proposals will be sent to the government for approval. If the state Cabinet approves the new decisions, the new rates will be applicable from the next financial year 2010-2011.
