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.
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.
