Delhi Jal Board has started sending notices to consumers for non-payment of water bills. The notice mentions a penalty for missed deadline. The bills have to be paid within five days of receiving the notice. In case of non-payment, the DJB can snap connection.
Till now, more than 20,000 notices have been and 100 connections have been snapped.
In Dwarka, more than 300 notices have been sent to both commercial and non-commercial units. On condition of anonymity, an official said about 700 more notices will be sent.
The DJB also informed that consumers could enjoy a rebate on bills if they paid before 31st December.
The bills will also carry a penalty for societies that have not installed rain water harvesting (RWH) structures or have not maintained them effectively.
However, for disputed bills, the consumers will only have to pay the water charges. For such bills, RWH penalty will not apply.
Sudha Sinha, general secretary of Federation of CGHS, said, “The bills must remove the RWH penalty clause and sewerage charges. The RWH penalty clause and sewerage charges are not justified. We will fight this till the end. Recently, we had carried out a demonstration and we’ll do it again.”
