Govt revises water tariff
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 01 2011:
Government has revised the water tariff levied by the Public Health Engineering Department.
An order to this effect, was issued on March 31.The new revised tariff will be imposed with effect from April 1, 2011 .
As per the revised tariff, the rate per connection per month for domestic individual connection is ' 150.For hospitals having upto 100 beds, the rate will be ' 1730 per month while it is ' 2100 for those hospitals with above a 100 bed capacity.
The rate per month is ' 1860 for hostels having upto 100 rooms, ' 1500 for a restaurant, ' 3000 for hotels with upto 100 rooms, ' 600 for schools/collegeas, '1000 for offices, ' 760 for cinema halls/concert halls/theatres and ' 300 for public hydrants.
The order issued by Principal Secretary (PHE) WL Hangshing also revised the rates for water tankers per trip at ' 250 for 4,500 litres capacity tankers, ' 450 for 8000 litres capacity tankers, ' 500 for 9000 litres capacity tankers and ' 550 for 10,000 litres capacity tankers.
The rates per trip for private tankers carrying water from the treatment plants, the PHED has fixed at ' 8 per 1000 litres and ' 100 for trailer tankers of 1000 litre capacity.
The new revised tariff of the department will be applicable only on those areas beyond the jurisdiction of the Autonomous District Councils since fixing of water prices and collection of water tariff for the areas under ADCs had already been devolved to the authority of each ADC in the hill districts, the order stated.