'Tear it and throw it away’: CM Arvind Kejriwal asks Delhi residents to not pay wrong water bills
Corona period, readings were not taken for many months. They filled out fake readings while sitting in the office. Because of that wrong bills started coming, and the public did not pay the bills.
Interest was charged on it and now the bills have reached lakhs. Around 11 lakh families across Delhi are getting the wrong bills... We have come up with a scheme to correct the old bills of those whose old bills are coming wrong," Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said.
Arvind Kejriwal said that he is working to fix the wrong bills and 95% of such bills will soon become zero. "Our estimate is that with this 95% of the bills will become zero...those who are getting the wrong bills, there is no need to pay, just tear it and throw it away, and I will get it fixed. LG belongs to the BJP.
BJP people told LG to stop the scheme. This is wrong ..." he added. The remarks from the Chief Minister came amid heated protests by AAP MLAs against inflated water bills in Delhi.
The MLAs are demanding a one-time settlement for unpaid water bills and even passed a resolution regarding the same in the Delhi Assembly. The resolution asked Delhi L-G VK Saxena to pass necessary orders to the officials of the Delhi Jal Board to implement the one-time settlement mechanism. “For the last 18 months, people have registered objections to the inflated bills.
A person who has lived in a 22-yard house has received a water bill of ₹6 lakh... even if he sold the house, he would not be able to settle the bill. Many bills range from ₹50,000 to ₹1,00,000.
The Delhi assembly wants to implement the scheme, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal wants to implement the scheme... then why is the scheme not being implemented?" AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar said. Delhi CM Arvind
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