SCB cuts water to defaulters and aims to recover Rs 6 crore

Fund-starved Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) has, for the first time, initiated a special drive to disconnect the water connections of consumers who have defaulted on paying their water bills.

The SCB water wing aims to recover outstanding dues amounting to nearly Rs 6 crore and improve its financial situation through this initiative. As part of the drive, officials have begun disconnecting water connections for overdue amounts across all eight SCB wards.

According to SCB water wing records, 36,000 registered consumers



receive monthly water bills based on their water consumption, of whom 28 per cent have failed to clear their long-pending dues.

“We have served notices thrice to the defaulters and urged them to pay the arrears as the Cantonment Board’s financial situation is poor. But the customers ignored the notices completely

The drive commenced in the residential colonies of the Cantonment and will extend to other areas in the coming weeks. Residents with outstanding bills of more than a year will be prioritised for disconnection, he said.