BENGALURU: Despite rain water harvesting (RWH) made mandatory in houses and commercial establishment and fines imposed every month, 58,658 buildings in the City have not bothered to put these structures in place.The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has collected over `20 crore as fine ever since the levy of penalty for non-compliance commenced in August 2016.
“As per our assessment, a total of 1,54,328 buildings in the City must install RWH.
Out of these, 95,670 buildings have installed them so far.
We had levied around `28 crore penalty and the amount paid so far by defaulters is over `20 crore.
In case of houses, 50% of the bill amount on water and sanitary charges is levied while the penalty is 100% of the bill amount in the case of commercial buildings.
“In case of non-payment of the fines too, an interest rate of 1.66% on the RWH penalty levied would be charged,” he added.
These fines are reflected in the monthly water bills.
The cost of installation of these structures ranges between `5,000 and `50,000 depending on the dimensions of the building and the size of the structures created.
What you should know All new buildings which are 30×40 sqft and above and old buildings which are 40×60 sqft and above need to install these structures.
BWSSB has collected D20 crore as fine ever since the levy of penalty for non-compliance commenced in August 2016.