Up until December 31, 2022, late fees (late payment premium) on unpaid water bills will be 100% waived.
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Desk: Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, said on Monday that water
rates in the nation's capital will be entirely waived till December 31, 2022.
The
CM said that the people will no longer be responsible for paying their unpaid
water bills.
Kejriwal posted on Twitter, saying,
"To relieve Delhi residents of their unpaid water bills, the government
has made a significant move. Up until December 31, 2022, late fees (late
payment premium) on unpaid water bills will be 100% waived. You don't have to
worry about late fines if you pay your prior unpaid debts ".
The
Delhi CM has also given his approval to a project that would clean up the
Keshopur and Najafgarh sewers and deposit them into the Najafgarh drain in order
to make the Yamuna pollution-free.
"Today,
a highly significant project that would clean up the Yamuna was approved.
According to this, daily cleanings of the 85 MGD sewers that drain into
Keshopur and Najafgarh will be disposed of in the Najafgarh drain. This will
result in a 30% reduction in Yamuna water pollution. Cleaning the Yamuna will
be made much easier by taking this action "Kejriwal tweeted.
In a series of tweets, he claimed that
in order to clean up the Yamuna, sewage pumping stations would be constructed
on the Badli, Nigam Bodh, and Mori Gate drains.
"To clean the water of Yamuna,
three more important projects have been approved today - a total of 55 MGD
sewage pumping stations will be built on Badli, Nigam Bodh and Mori Gate drain.
With this, the dirty water of these drains will not go into the Yamuna",
Kejriwal tweeted.
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