PARSA, Jan 16: Nepal Water Supply Corporation (NWSC), Birgunj, has made preparations to disconnect supply of drinking water to 278 taps installed at public places of Birgunj Metropolitan City.
NWSC had installed the taps in different public places from ward no 1 to 19 in the beginning of the current fiscal year 2023/24 after Birgunj Metropolis wrote to NWSC for the same.
Chief at NWSC, Engineer Niran Maharjan, said preparations have been made to cut the water supply after the Birgunj Metropolis did not pay the tariff since the installation of water taps.
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He stated that the metropolitan city has to pay around Rs 4.4 million in tariff and NWSC had written to the metropolis on October 12, 2023 asking to pay the dues, but the metropolis has not done that.
Maharjan shared they are compelled to disconnect the water supply of such taps as the Metropolitan City has been turning its deaf ears towards the frequent requests of the corporation to clear the dues.
Similarly, NWSC has disconnected the water supply of 23 consumers who have not paid the tariff for a long time. The Corporation has started disconnecting water supply of 542 consumers, who have to pay a tariff of more than Rs 50,000 each after blacklisting them.
According to the Corporation, it has to collect around Rs 122.5 million tariff from consumers.
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