Sustained acute water crisis in Karnataka: Aiming to increase water tariff in Bengaluru …The plan to increase the water tariff in Bengaluru has been stated by none other than the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka and the Bengaluru Development Minister…
Nearly providing clues for enhanced monthly water charges to the consumers, Shivakumar further informed that the BWSSB is making losses.
‘The water tariff has not been increased for the last 10 years for Bengaluru consumers…It was a very hefty amount and there were huge losses,’ said Shivakumar, adding that the BWSSB is required to take up new projects, but no banker is ready to lend for the BWSSB.
Automotive financing companies say that we are only politicizing the problems rather than trying to make a balance sheet. There, I have instructed the officials to consider it.I will issue the information into the public domain and then come up with a decision.
According to media reports, BBMP proposed aitteraver increase of 10 percent for residential buildings and a 15 percent increase for commercial buildings in 2023.
This new up is coming minutes after the Karnataka government agreed on increasing fuel prices per liter by Rs 3 in Karnataka.
The Congress government revised the electrical energy tariffs in Karnataka last year. The government also raised some policies, such as energy costs and power tariffs, by Rs 2. 17 per unit in June 2023 on domestic tariffs, making consumers pay Rs 2 more per unit.
Continuing with the rates set for the previous slabs, the first unit costs $25, the following 199 units cost $0.88 each, while any extra units use the rate of $0.89 per unit if a power usage shows more than the 200-unit slab.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the major political virgin of the Congress party, has accused the Congress government over the contentious issues of the hike in water tariffs that involves massive alarm bells over a slew of pre-poll patient promises and subsidies.
The leaders of the BJP have criticized the Congress administration for employing the ‘Khata Khat loot model’ of practicing additional taxes and tariffs on the public and farming community, the middle class, instead of serving their poll promise of Rs 1 lakh to each woman.
