Public taps bleed city coffers

Thiruvananthapuram | Thursday | 19th April, 2018

Summary:

more-inThe city Corporation has been paying annual charges for more than 900 non-existent public taps to the Kerala Water Authority (KWA). Once these too are deducted from the original number, only 2879 public taps will remain in the city limits. As per the inspection report, there are 3,005 public taps in the city. The city Corporation has been paying annual charges for all these non-existent taps. The local body has also decided to ensure that new public taps in various wards be allowed only with the special permission of the council, in case there is need for any..