Pay water bills online in Mohali

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 25

The Water Supply and Sanitation Department today launched e-payment of water bills in Mohali.

Water Supply and Sanitation Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa launched the service.

The consumers can pay their bills on the department’s website, pbdwss.gov.in, via different modes of payment — net banking, debit card, credit card, NEFT and RTGS.

“The service has been introduced with the help Axis Bank,” Bajwa said.

The consumers would be informed about the water and sewerage bill amount and the last date of payment through a message on the SMS, he said. After the successful operation in Mohali, the service will soon be introduced in Faridkot, Muktsar, Fatehgarh Sahib and Anandpur Sahib, and then extended to rural areas.

Bajwa also introduced a one-time settlement scheme, which provided for paying arrears of water bills. Consumers can settle their dues by paying actual user charges subject to maximum of Rs 2,000. He launched another scheme, under which illegal water connections would be regularised by paying a one-time fee of Rs 1,000 only.

“The benefit of the schemes can be availed till February 28,” Bajwa added.