BWSSB machines fail to accept new notes, users hit

Bengaluru | Saturday | 22nd September, 2018

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BENGALURU: Insert the new Rs 10, 50 and 200 currency notes into a bill payment machine at a BWSSB kiosk and it will reject them. TimesView Bill payment kiosks are meant to aid consumers, not compound their woes. However, none of the machines is accepting the new Rs 10, 50 and 200 notes. This is a problem many BWSSB consumers are facing across the city as payment machines are yet to be recalibrated to recognize and accept the new notes.However, the system accepts new notes of Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 denominations. Madhusudhan G, a resident of Basavanagudi faced the glitch while trying to pay his water bill on Friday morning at a BWSSB kiosk in Krishna Rao Park..