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Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, July 21
Members of the Vidhan Sabha committee have advised the Municipal Corporation (MC) to waive water bills of residents amounting to Rs75 crore, which are lying pending for several years.
“The residents have balance payments of 5-10 years, but it has been decided in the meeting that the long-pending water bills of those who will pay the proper amount of water bills regularly for a year will be waived,” a source from the meeting said.
During the meeting, the issue of the one time settlement policy (OTS) was also raised. It was discussed that the buildings that had got built 10 years ago, but were unauthorised were being targeted, so until the OTS scheme comes into the place, the MC should not seal any of the buildings or take any action. It was decided that new buildings should not be allowed to get constructed, but also no action should be taken against old ones.