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Water Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh announced connected Friday a 100% waiver of the precocious outgo surcharge (LPSC) connected h2o bills for each home and authorities consumers, effectual nether a strategy valid till January 31, 2026.
The Minister besides said that the LPSC, which is charged per billing rhythm based connected the existent measure amount, has been permanently reduced from 5% to 2%.
In different decisions, Mr. Singh said that the fig of government-authorised individuals tasked with installing caller h2o meters volition beryllium accrued to astir 1,000, arsenic astir 1 lakh requests for caller h2o metre connections are pending, resulting successful an yearly gross nonaccomplishment of astir ₹51 crore.
The Minister besides announced a important simplification successful fees to regularise amerciable h2o connections successful unauthorised colonies to ₹1,000 from the existing ₹26,000 for the home category. For the non-domestic category, the interest has been reduced to ₹5,000 from ₹61,000.
“The Delhi authorities is committed to providing each household ineligible entree to cleanable water. By lowering the regularisation interest drastically, we are encouraging radical to travel guardant and get ineligible connections without fearfulness oregon hesitation,” Mr. Singh said portion chairing a committee gathering of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). The committee besides approved a ₹90 crore assistance for laying pipelines for the sewage attraction works astatine assorted locations, enabling the treated h2o to beryllium supplied for irrigation and different purposes.
Late interest relief
Addressing a property conference, Mr. Singh said that retired of the full ₹87,589 crore outstanding h2o measure dues, including that of the commercialized category, a staggering ₹80,463 crore oregon 91% is of the LPSC, chiefly owed to precocious compounding involvement rates.
The Minister said that galore radical are incapable to settee their outstanding h2o measure dues owed to the precocious LPSC charges that person accrued implicit time. However, the waiver strategy volition motivate radical to settee their bills and assistance the DJB make revenue, helium added.
“For years, Delhiites person been receiving inflated h2o bills, sometimes moving into lakhs of rupees, not due to the fact that of h2o depletion but owed to compounding involvement astatine 5% per month. We person taken a historical measurement to extremity this injustice. By reducing the compounding complaint to 2% and waiving up to 100% surcharge, we are ensuring fairness, transparency, and alleviation to the people,” the Minister said.
The DJB volition organise consciousness and facilitation camps crossed the city, helping consumers cipher their pending dues, usher them to avail of the waiver, and wide outstanding bills.
“This is the archetypal and last strategy of its kind. We impulse citizens to settee their outstanding dues portion this accidental is available. After March 31, 2026, determination volition beryllium nary specified scheme,” helium said.
The curate said that an LPSC waiver strategy for commercialized consumers volition besides beryllium announced soon, but it volition not beryllium a 100% waiver.
