Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority increases tarrif for bulk water supply by 5%

Gurugram, August 2

The tariff for fresh potable water supplied in bulk by the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has been hiked by 5 per cent. The user charges of bulk water supply for both residential and industrial connections will now be Rs 10.50 per kilo litre from the earlier tariff of Rs 10 and will be applicable from April 2022.

Nominal rate revision acceptable procedure

Nominal rate revision is an acceptable procedure and the norm is considered on the basis of several factors such as availability, consumption, water resources etc. Abhinav Verma, Executive Engineer, Infra 2 division, GMDA

“As per the GMDA provision, revision of rates of bulk water supply and sewerage user charges may be increased by 5 per cent on the first day of every financial year commencing from 2019-20. Prior to this, the rates were last revised and made effective from December 2020 instead of April 1 2020, keeping the Covid pandemic in consideration. The next implementation for the financial year 2021-2022 was due on April 1 2021, but in lieu of the exponential surge in Covid infections from April 2021 onward, which culminated into the second wave of the pandemic, the proposed increase in rates by 5 per cent for 2021-22 has been waived for the benefit of the citizens,” said Abhinav Verma, Executive Engineer, Infra 2 Division, GMDA.

“Nominal rate revision is an acceptable procedure and the norm is considered on the basis of several factors such as availability, consumption, water resources etc.,” he added.

Currently the GMDA is supplying a total of 540-550 MLD water daily across the city from its two water treatment plants based in Basai and Chandu Budhera to fulfill the city’s water demand. Work is also in progress to further augment this capacity and to install drinking water pipelines in areas, which do not have access to water supply from the GMDA. The GMDA has also adopted the centralised integrated water management system (CIWMS) to ensure equitable distribution of water to all connected underground tanks, which is further connected to the main water supply pipelines of the GMDA and to bring down non-revenue water and illegal water connections.