Water board deputes ex-army men to collect over Rs 1,000 crore dues

HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB), which failed to recover nearly Rs 1,000 crores from defaulters, has now roped in ex-servicemen to collect the arrears. 

According to water board records, 3.27 lakh defaulters have been identified and 'red notices' served on 2.72 lakh to collect nearly Rs 1,000 crore dues. However, so far, less than10,000 defaulters have come forward to clear their dues after water board officials threatened to register cases and seize assets. Though the water board has a separate 'vigilance team' headed by a former army officer, they were unable to cover the entire city and peripheral municipal circles. 

"It has become a tough task to collect dues worth Rs 1,000 crore from chronic defaulters. We have constituted 'vigilance task force' (VTF) teams in each operation and maintenance (O&M) division to collect dues. The water board had deputed VTF teams in divisions IX (KPHB Colony, Hasmathpet) and X (Saroornagar, Dilsukhnagar, Sahebnagar) last month and successfully collected dues worth Rs 13 lakh from defaulters," HMWS&SB director-revenue, P Suryanarayana told TOI.

Read more here - TOI - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Water-board-deputes-ex-army-men-to-collect-over-Rs-1000-crore-dues/articleshow/41145383.cms

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