Water consumers in for rude shock!
By P. Rajaratnam in Nuwara Eliya
The residents of Nuwara Eliya were taken by surprise when they
received their water bills for the month of January this year from the
Nuwara Eliya Municipal Council. The water bills have gone up by four
folds, they claim.
The sudden rise have been done without any notice to the rate payers.
However, at the last monthly meeting of the council, Mayor Chandralal
Karunaratne mentioned that the water bills will be reviewed and even the
members of the council will be notified of the future water tariff
rates.
The Mayor had at that time observed that in all other Municipal
Councils areas water rates have gone up by many folds, in keeping with
the directions of the water supply and Drainage Department, and that due
notice will be given both to the members of the council, and well as to
the rate payers and the residents.
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