Rawalpindi: The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has approved an increased water tariff for residential and commercial water consumers in Rawalpindi, according to news sources.
As per the revised charges, all restaurants, stores, plazas, gas and service stations, laundries, salons, cottage and beverage factories will be charged a higher fee for water consumption. The WASA authority meeting unanimously agreed to this price hike, and decided that mosques and other worship places will be exempted from these charges.
In a related development, WASA has also increased the fees for water connection installation, both for residential and commercial consumers. The residential fee has been raised from PKR 3,400 to PKR 5,000, and the commercial connection fee has increased from PKR 6,400 to PKR 10,000. The department has revised these fees after a period of twelve years.
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