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Kerala Water Authority gears up to garner more revenue

Wednesday, 14 August 2013 11:41 administrator
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The Times of India             14.08.2013

Kerala Water Authority gears up to garner more revenue

KOCHI: As part of efforts to generate more revenue and to become more consumer friendly, Kerala Water Authority (KWA) has decentralized the procedures to give water connections. KWA had issued orders giving power to assistant engineers at section office level to give new connections under his or her limits from August 1.

Earlier, a consumer had to submit the application to the section office and it would be forwarded to assistant executive engineers. After scrutinizing the application, the assistant executive engineer had to send it back to assistant engineer to give the connection. "Despite introducing several schemes, we couldn't increase the number of drinking water connections. A close watch showed the procedural delays standing in the way of allotting new connections. That's why we decided to decentralize the system," said KWA finance manager V S Pradeep. "Now, it is implemented on an experimental basis. If proven successful it would be made permanent," he said.

So far, KWA has given a total of 14 lakh drinking water connections across the state, whereas KSEB's connections stand at around 70 lakh. It plans to give three lakh more connections in a year.

In the last five years only less than one-and-a-half lakh water connections were given.

"As we already have the infrastructure, we will not incur much additional cost for providing more connections. Only the cost of billing would be the extra cost," said Pradeep.

The KWA also has plans to provide the plumbers required for installing new connections. "Many people complain that licensed plumbers charge hefty fees. So, we have plans to arrange plumbers for the consumers if they want. Our officials will work out the cost for giving new connections and charge will not exceed the actuals," Pradeep said.

If the consumer requests, KWA will provide water meters as well. "We will buy meters from reliable manufacturers once the consumer remits the amount required for it. But the consumers can also purchase the water meters on their own," he said.

 

Water adalats in Bangalore

Tuesday, 13 August 2013 12:14 administrator
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The Times of India              13.08.2013

Water adalats in Bangalore

BANGALORE: The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) will hold water Adalat of Central-2 sub division on Wednesday, August 14 from 9.30am to 11am in the office of the assistant executive engineer, Central-2 to settle the grievances connected to water billing, delay in giving water supply and sanitary connection, delay in conversion from Non domestic to domestic connection and other related issues.

The disputes of customers of High Grounds (HGR) and Coles Park service station of Central-2 Sub division will be held and settled at the Adalat. For details call 22945187 or 22945191.

Also, the BWSSB will be operating jetting machines on the same day in MEI. Layout, soladevevanahalli, Bhahubalinagar areas of North -1 and VV Puram and Sudama nagar-2, Kempegowda Nagar, Jagajeevanram Nagar, Chamarajpet areas of South West -1 for cleansing drainage lines. For details call 9686448013 or 9845444085.

The BWSSB has requested residents in the above mentioned areas to make use of the services. 

 

Kozhikode corporation moves to protect water bodies

Tuesday, 13 August 2013 11:53 administrator
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The Times of India              13.08.2013

Kozhikode corporation moves to protect water bodies

KOZHIKODE: The Kozhikode corporation here have decided to take steps to protect and revamp the unused water bodies in its limit.

The move was taken in the wake of the new direction issued by the department of the local self government in the state, which asked each local self-body in the state to protect the major water sources in its limit making use of its own fund.

The LSG department has asked the local self-bodies to take steps to revamp and protect the water resources in its areas utilising its own fund.

The city corporation has decided to take steps under the biodiversity management committee that was formed recently under Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and Biological Diversity Rules, 2004 for the documentation, preservation and conservation purpose. The constituted committee will prepare a register of the biodiversity in the corporation. It will implement projects for the preservation of biodiversity in its areas.

According the city corporation office, the old corporation limit has four major water reservoirs namely Thamarakulam, Garudankulam, Neelichira, Mananchira and 10 public wells to supply water to people.

The Cheruvvanur-Nallalam zonal office limit has one identified public well. The Elathur grama panchayat has 10 pump houses and 47 public wells. The Beypore zonal office has 40 public wells and 16 pumping stations. City corporation secretary B K Balaraj said the meeting of the biodiversity management committee held recently decided to take steps to protect the water reservoir in its limit.

"The civic body at present has not carried out any survey to identify the total number of water resources. The management committee meeting is planning to work on a proposal to deploy youths to avoid dumping of wastes on it,'' said the secretary.

"The steps to protect ponds and unused water reservoir accessible to all the people will be implemented on the basis of projects prepared by the respective working committees,'' he said.

Meanwhile, an official with the irrigation department said the department has already received approval for a project to protect the pond of the Bilathikulam Shiva temple in the corporation limit.

 
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