Goemkarponn desk
SANGUEM: Rivona villagers are irked over the compiled exorbitant water bills of six months. Locals demand relief from these heavy bills.
Locals of Rivona village of Sanguem taluka submitted a memorandum regarding exorbitantly water bills to the assistant engineer of PWD (water supply)of Quepem.
Excessive water bills have given sleepless nights to many households from Sanguem and Quepem.
Although to pacify the annoyed consumers, PWD water supply staff are explaining and trying to convince consumers about excessive bills issued to them; consumers seem to be in no mood to buy any excuses from the staff.
This issue has cropped up due to the delay in issuing water bills of 6 months which led to compiling of previous bills leading to the high amount of bills for the consumers, which they are now feeling the pinch to their pockets while paying.
Rosita Dias, a Rivona local, said today we came to the PWD department in Quepem to give a complaint about 6 months exorbitant water bills issued by the department.
“We came here to meet the Assistant engineer to explain our grievance and ask him to work out some solution in this regard,” she said.
Tony Cardozo, another Rivona local, said “as the water bills were issued after a gap of 6 months, many of our villagers received a huge amount of bills at a time which has caused financial stress on villagers so we requested to issue water bills every month in the future.”
He said some bills were falsely calculated for which people request to give rebate as it’s department’s fault.
Locals, when contacted A.E, V. Karmarlkar, were assured by A.E. Karmarlkar to look into the matter of excessive water bills.