Electricity bill enough to get new water connection
HYDERABAD: Come January 1 and the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) will simply norms for obtaining new water connections for half-inch (15 mm) domestic pipelines.
"According to the new norm, the applicant can produce a bill issued by the Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company Ltd (APCPDCL) as proof to get new connection. Till now, the board had been insisting on xerox copies of either the registered sale deed, gift deed, lease deed, house site patta, assessment receipt from GHMC or Aadhaar card as proof. In some cases, the applicants did not possess any of these documents," a senior Water Board official told STOI. With the latest relaxation of norms, the applicant has to only file an affidavit (indemnity bond) on Rs 100 non-judicial stamp paper duly notarized along with the power bill, he said.
Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who is also chairman of the Water Board, accorded permission for this relaxation during the recent board meeting. The same relaxation would also be applicable for regularization of illegal connections (15mm). But they would have to pay Rs 300 as service charge, Rs 200 as normal connection charges and unmetered consumption charges for three months at the tariff rate applicable.
In case, tenants want to obtain a new water connection, he/she would have to produce a 'no objection' from the property owner. However, the water connection would be sanctioned and a 'customer account number' generated in the name of the property owner, the official said.
Though the Water Board is not in a position to supply adequate water to its 8.06 lakh customers, they have decided to encourage new connections. The board has been supplying 331 MGD per day against the demand of 340 MGD.
Source - TOI - timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Electricity-bill-enough-to-get-new-water-connection/articleshow/27047155.cms
"According to the new norm, the applicant can produce a bill issued by the Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company Ltd (APCPDCL) as proof to get new connection. Till now, the board had been insisting on xerox copies of either the registered sale deed, gift deed, lease deed, house site patta, assessment receipt from GHMC or Aadhaar card as proof. In some cases, the applicants did not possess any of these documents," a senior Water Board official told STOI. With the latest relaxation of norms, the applicant has to only file an affidavit (indemnity bond) on Rs 100 non-judicial stamp paper duly notarized along with the power bill, he said.
Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who is also chairman of the Water Board, accorded permission for this relaxation during the recent board meeting. The same relaxation would also be applicable for regularization of illegal connections (15mm). But they would have to pay Rs 300 as service charge, Rs 200 as normal connection charges and unmetered consumption charges for three months at the tariff rate applicable.
In case, tenants want to obtain a new water connection, he/she would have to produce a 'no objection' from the property owner. However, the water connection would be sanctioned and a 'customer account number' generated in the name of the property owner, the official said.
Though the Water Board is not in a position to supply adequate water to its 8.06 lakh customers, they have decided to encourage new connections. The board has been supplying 331 MGD per day against the demand of 340 MGD.
Source - TOI - timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Electricity-bill-enough-to-get-new-water-connection/articleshow/27047155.cms