All in a day’s work: Tambaram Corporation rolls back hike of water charge after protest by residents

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A h2o  complaint  measure  connected  the greeting  of April 15, erstwhile   the hike was inactive  successful  effect.

A h2o complaint measure connected the greeting of April 15, erstwhile the hike was inactive successful effect. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

On April 15, 2026 residents of areas governed by Tambaram City Municipal Corporation woke up to observe that h2o present outgo dear. From ₹50.50 per month, drinking h2o complaint had been spiked to a whopping ₹150.50. Residents had to fork retired 3 times the magnitude they had been accustomed to paying. From ₹606 per year, h2o complaint present stood astatine a forbidding ₹1,806. 

Residents were connected the warpath, and with a mates of large residents’ associations putting their full value down the campaign, by sundown, the hike was scaled backmost and the revised complaint stood astatine ₹101 per period with effect from April 15

Published - April 23, 2026 11:11 americium IST

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