HYDERABAD: With just one left to welcome the New Year, the Telangana government has announced to waive off 13 months’ water bills, starting from December 2020 and December 2021.
The Municipal Administration & Urban Development (MA&UD) minister, K Tarakarama Rao, who reviewed the free water scheme up to 20 KL, decided to waive off bills for the 13 months. The HMWS&SB has put a deadline of December 31 for consumers to link their Aadhaar details with their ‘Consumer Account Numbers’ (CANs) registered with HMWS&SB, to avail 20-kl free water supply scheme.
This scheme was announced by the Telangana government in 2020 December.
Out of 9.84 lakh consumers, over 5.50 lakh consumers have completed Aadhar link process to avail 20-KL free water supply scheme. The Municipal Administration & Urban Developmen(MA&UD) special chief secretary, Arvind Kumar issued orders on Thursday.
“Any bills pending for the period to December 2020, shall be issued separately, without clubbing it with present billing and without levying the interest and penalty for 13 months for the arrears as on 30/11/2020,”he said.
Out of 9.8 lakh consumers, over 5.5 lakh consumers have completed Aadhaar link process to avail 20-KL free water supply scheme
