{"id":50963,"date":"2019-04-02T14:32:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T09:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=50963"},"modified":"2019-04-02T14:32:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T09:32:09","slug":"wasa-proposes-97-increase-in-water-tariff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-proposes-97-increase-in-water-tariff.html","title":{"rendered":"WASA proposes 97% increase in water tariff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has proposed a 97% increase in water tariff for domestic consumers, a news source reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-approves-one-time-relief-package-two-other-projects.html\">WASA approves \u2018One-time Relief\u2019 package, two other projects<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This proposal is part of the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-to-submit-plans-for-its-financial-revival.html\">six-year business plan<\/a>, which is aimed at improving its financial condition.<\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, WASA will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-to-increase-tariff-to-meet-expenditures.html\">increase its charges<\/a> over a period of three years: 47% in the first year and 25% each in the next two years.<\/p>\n<p>Domestic consumers will have to pay PKR 591 after the tariff comes into force. At present, water charges for households amount to PKR 300.<\/p>\n<p>WASA would no longer have to seek government subsidy after increasing its charges. However, the agency has yet to get its business plan approved by the Lahore Development Authority (LDA).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-amnesty-scheme-deadline-extended.html\">WASA amnesty scheme deadline extended<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Previously, the Punjab government had asked WASA to submit a business model for overcoming its internal financial crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has proposed a 97% increase in water tariff for domestic consumers, a news source reported. Read: WASA approves \u2018One-time Relief\u2019 package, two other projects This proposal is part of the agency\u2019s six-year business plan, which is aimed at improving its financial condition. Reportedly, WASA will increase its charges over a period of three years: 47% in the first year and 25% each in the next two years. Domestic consumers will have to pay PKR 591 after the tariff comes into force. At present, water charges for households amount to PKR 300. WASA would no longer have to seek government subsidy after increasing its charges. However, the agency has yet to get its business plan approved by the Lahore Development Authority (LDA). Read: WASA amnesty scheme deadline extended Previously, the Punjab government had asked WASA to submit a business model for overcoming its internal financial crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":39681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11154],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-50963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-wasa-proposes-97-increase-in-water-tariff"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WASA proposes 97% increase in water tariff - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has proposed a 97% increase in water tariff for domestic consumers, a news source reported. 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