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Recovery of h2o measure arrears from its consumers proceed to beryllium a occupation for the cash-strapped Kerala Water Authority (KWA).
The latest disposable information amusement that assorted categories of consumers beryllium the KWA ₹812.62 crore successful unpaid h2o bills. Data made nationalist by the Water Resources section bespeak that home consumers apical the arrear database with ₹334.69 crore. The non-domestic class has tally up arrears to the tune of ₹190.63 crore and the Local Self Government section (public taps), ₹119.64 crore. Industrial consumers beryllium the KWA ₹4.04 crore portion ₹4.6 crore is owed nether the ‘special category’ and ₹159.02 crore nether ‘miscellaneous.’
The data, arsenic per the request postulation equilibrium figures for January 31, 2026, was placed earlier the Kerala Assembly past week. On the agleam side, the arrears person dipped from what it was 2 years ago. In 2024 March, it stood astatine a small implicit ₹1,540 crore.
The KWA has a small implicit 44.06 lakh consumers, arsenic per the figures for January 2026. Inspections by the h2o inferior had revealed that 15,861 h2o meters nether home connections were defunct. Water Resources Minister Roshy Augustine, successful a written reply, had informed the Legislative Assembly that the KWA was uncovering it hard to wage its ain energy bills successful afloat each month.
The h2o utility, which operates h2o purification plants and a proviso network, has a important vigor demand. These operations pull a monthly energy measure of betwixt ₹40 crore and ₹42 crore. Since September 2025, the KWA has been remitting ₹10 crore into an escrow relationship arsenic portion of an knowing with the KSEB and the authorities with respect to timely outgo of energy bills.
