In order to recover all the amount of the pending bills both from Government sector and private sector, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has decided to increase five per cent of billing charges of the original bills as a penalty in every two months.
The amount is over Rs3,000 crores and it is for the first time that the DJB has set up a “recovery division” to ensure that the arrears bills or pending bills of the consumers who have not paid is realised.
DJB has to recover over Rs3,000 crore from households along with Government and private sector on the account of arrears bills. “The pending bills from the Government include: Central Government, Central Public Works Department (CPWD), all three Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Public Works Department (PWD), health and education sector,” said senior official of DJB.
“We are going to increase five per cent of the original bill as a penalty in the next billing cycle,” said the official.
According to the DJB official, over Rs22,00 crore has to be recovered from the Government sector and Rs1,500 crore from private sector. Besides, Rs3,000 have to be recovered from one household across national Capital. “This is the step taken to recover the pending bills for the first time and a process has been initiated to ensure that the all the outstanding water bills are paid,” said the official.