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The prolonged quality betwixt the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) and the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) implicit h2o dues has been resolved, with the committee releasing ₹8.30 crore towards h2o charges incurred mostly towards facilitating the Sabarimala pilgrimage.
According to KWA officials, the TDB had accumulated arrears amounting to ₹15.98 crore for h2o supplied to Sabarimala, Nilackal, Pampa, and on the way to the Sannidhanam. After calculating the full outstanding dues till October 2025, the committee made a outgo of ₹8.30 crore connected January 16, 2026.
“With this payment, the TDB has paid a full of ₹27.58 crore to the KWA betwixt July 2024 and December 2025. Earlier, the KWA had granted a concession of ₹2.68 crore by waiving the punishment amount. All disputes related to arrears betwixt the 2 parties present basal resolved,” a KWA authoritative said.
Meanwhile, the board’s drinking h2o measure from the caller pilgrimage play until January 1 totals ₹2.63 crore. The High Court has directed that this magnitude beryllium cleared wrong 2 weeks. The tribunal has besides directed the authorities to see extending the bulk h2o rate, a classification presently applicable lone to section bodies, to this case.
Apart from the board, respective different authorities institutions successful Pathanamthitta territory beryllium important dues to the KWA. These see the Pathanamthitta General Hospital with arrears of ₹4.90 crore, Konni Medical College with ₹33 lakh, 5 Mini Civil Stations with ₹1.83 crore, and the bureau of the District Police Superintendent with ₹2.64 lakh.
The KWA had earlier disconnected h2o proviso to the Mini Civil Station astatine Aranmula, which was aboriginal restored pursuing the involution of the District Collector. However, the arrears stay unpaid. Officials said aggregate notices person already been issued to these institutions, citing the KWA’s ain fiscal constraints.
