Summary:
The going rate for a Metrowater connection, officially Rs 7,500 (plus infrastructure development charges (IDC) for apartments), is Rs 15,000. This is particularly true in newly-added areas where only 50% of residents have connections provided by Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board or Metrowater. The 55-year-old flat owner is now the proud owner of a water and sewerage connection after paying Rs 20,000, including IDC, and Rs 7,500 to a tout.The touts, most of them former employees of Metrowater, make things simple. TOI contacted touts Guna and Vijay who said they would come home and collect all the forms for a connection. CHENNAI: The process of obtaining a water and sewerage connection is online and even the charges are fixed, but the officials concerned make it difficult before touts help you get it — for a price..