The city residents have started receiving demand notices with revised water and sewer tax rates for the first half-yearly period ending this month.
The revision in rates is based on the Greater Chennai Corporation’s revision of property tax. “We collect 7% of the annual tax value fixed by the GCC as water tax every year. Of this, 3.5% is collected in the current half year,” said an official of the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board.
The Board began sending demand notices, besides the text messages, initially to consumers in core areas over the past few days. While some residents felt there was a nominal increase in the tax, a few others in merged areas said there was confusion in calculating the revised rates.
V. Rajagopal, a resident of Anna Nagar Western Extension, said there was a marginal increase in the tax rates this time. The Board should fix digital water meters and calculate charges according to consumption. This would help in judicious use of…
