Fixing May 31 as deadline, the Punjab Government has extended a special chance for its citizen to get their unauthorised water and sewerage connection regularised by paying one-time amount that included user charges of one year and connection fees.
State local Bodies Minister Anil Joshi said that the penalty of three-year user charges, connection fees and road cutting charges would be imposed on all the defaulters. Joshi said that care has been taken to impose only nominal charges for small households and only Rs100 each for water supply and sewerage connection would be levied from the household of 125 square feet area. No other user chargers would be collected from them.
“From the household of 125 to 250 square feet, Rs250 each for water supply and sewerage connection would be charged. Apart from this amount, user charges from April 1, 2014, would also be collected,” he said. Similarly, from the household of more than 250 square feet, Rs500 each for water supply and sewerage connection would be charged, along with user charges from April 1, 2014.
He said: “For commercial units of 250 square feet, Rs500 each would be charged besides user charges from April 1, 2014. Similarly, commercial units of more than 250 square feet would have to pay Rs750 each for water supply and sewerage connection.”