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'Extend deadline': RWAs flag flaws in water bill scheme
Hindustan Times Noida
|January 30, 2026
Ahead of the fast-approaching deadline of the water bill amnesty scheme, several Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) have separately written to the Delhi government seeking an extension and flagging issues in the existing relief mechanism, including cases of inflated “average bills”, no relief from wrongly calculated base bill amounts, and the obsolete billing software not reflecting payments that have been made.
Under the Late Payment Surcharge (LPSC) Waiver Scheme, launched in October, there is a 100% waiver on late payment charges if outstanding principal water bills are settled by 31 January 2026. Payments can be made as a lump sum or in instalments, with the benefit applying only once the principal amount has been fully paid.
From 1 February 2026 to 31 March 2026, there will only be a 70% waiver on late payment charges. At the time of the scheme’s launch on October 14, 2025, unpaid dues from commercial consumers amounted to around ₹66,000 crore and approximately ₹15,000 crore from domestic consumers.
This story is from the January 30, 2026 edition of Hindustan Times Noida.
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