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The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) volition service notices connected 49,431 properties that are paying penalties each period for not installing rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems, on with their h2o bills successful June.
This is portion of a run for RWH that the BWSSB is taking up successful the metropolis this monsoon to bushed the adjacent summer. “This year, it is predicted we volition person a shortage monsoon, which means we volition apt person a h2o situation adjacent summertime similar we did successful 2024. We privation to harvest the rainfall arsenic overmuch arsenic imaginable this year, which volition besides recharge the groundwater level. This volition cushion america adjacent summer,” said V. Ram Prasath Manohar, chairman, BWSSB.
“The announcement volition springiness them 15 days to instal RWH systems, failing which we are acceptable to instal the systems astatine our ain cost. For a location with a built-up country of 2,400 sq. ft., it costs astir ₹8,000 to ₹10,000. The BWSSB volition carnivore this outgo upfront, instal the RWH system, and cod the wealth successful adjacent installments successful lieu of the good these properties are paying for not installing RWH,” helium explained.
All caller buildings built aft 2016 connected plots of 30X40 feet and supra person to instal RWH systems and nonaccomplishment to comply attracts a monthly punishment of 50% to 100% of the h2o bill. The BWSSB presently collects a punishment of an mean of ₹4.56 crore a period conscionable for not installing RWH system.
“First, we volition instrumentality up an assertive run to instal RWH systems successful these 50,000 properties which are paying a punishment each month. In the adjacent phase, we volition people the different 7 lakh properties which besides should person RWH, but are not being penalised arsenic they are older buildings,” Dr. Manohar said.
