GANDHINAGAR: The state government is now preparing a final draft plan to install water meters in the state capital. The move came after the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) asked the state government to install water meters in the government quarters.
Sources said that a study by Asian Development Bank has revealed that the state capital's water per capita water consumption is the highest among 20 major cities in the country.
KOLKATA, 2 MARCH: In a significant step towards levying of water tax in the city, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through the KMC will launch a pilot project to supply round-the-clock water to a w
The Maharashtra Water Resource Regulatory Authority (MWRRA) has in March 2012 circulated its approach paper on criteria for determination of bulk water tariff for the period 2013-2016. The draft is now put out for public consultation, which is the next step in the exercise as per the regulations.
GANDHINAGAR: In order to regulate the water management sector, the Gujarat government on Wednesday announced its decision to establish Gujarat Water Regulatory Authority (GWRA). A government notification, said the powers of the authority include fixing and regulating "the water tariff system and charges for surface and sub-surface water used for domestic, agriculture, industrial and other purposes".
The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) can demand water charges from all owners/occupants of an apartment even though the apartment has only a common sump and no individu
A number of public and private sector enterprises have put the state in a legal fix by refusing to cough up water tariffs that have been imposed by the government.
Until three years ago, several parts of the city received water only for a couple of hours a day, activists say. But the situation has improved now for different reasons.
President of the Nagarika Hitarakshana Samithi G. Hanumanth Kamath told The Hindu that water supply and distribution had improved in the last three years and wastage has reduced because of the new water supply lines installed with funds from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan.
‘Outsourcing supply will see tariffs skyrocketing’
Day Two of the Bangalore World Water Summit saw a parallel summit being organised by Peoples Campaign for Right to Water, which sees a move to privatise water supply in the agenda of such meets.
In a transparent attempt to offload the responsibility of providing drinking and potable water to the people, the Ministry of Water Resources has said privatisation of water supply is the way forward.
In its draft National Water Policy of 2012 released on Tuesday, the ministry has proposed that the State shift its onus of being a ‘service provider’ to being a ‘facilitator’ for supply of water to citizens.
