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Chief Minister Rekha Gupta connected Friday announced cuts successful the Delhi Jal Board’s h2o and sewer infrastructure charges by 50% for residential properties successful E and F class colonies and by 70% successful G and H class colonies.
Category E covers little middle-income areas; F, agrarian areas; G, resettlement colonies; and H, the Capital’s astir underdeveloped settlements.
Water Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh said the strategy of levying h2o and sewer infrastructure charges has been simplified and made much transparent. “Plots up to 200 quadrate metres volition stay exempt, with nary scope for unnecessary measurements oregon harassment by officials,” helium said.
Mr. Singh said infrastructure charges person reduced from ₹15-16 lakh to astir ₹2-3 lakh successful galore cases, calling it a large alleviation for the mediate people and homeowners.
Infrastructure charges are levied connected caller h2o oregon sewer connections and connected further operation connected existing structures, taxable to definite exemptions.
The CM said residential units measuring up to 50 sq m, built connected plots larger than 200 sq m, volition person an further 50% concession aft applying category-based simplification benefits. This would efficaciously little the last payable magnitude for eligible smaller dwelling units, she said.
Religious institutions and charitable organisations volition besides beryllium eligible for a 50% concession.
Redevelopment projects that bash not summation h2o request volition not pull these charges.
