{"id":60443,"date":"2020-01-25T08:30:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T08:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=60443"},"modified":"2020-01-27T10:41:59","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T10:41:59","slug":"wasa-lahore-proposes-900-rise-in-water-connection-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-lahore-proposes-900-rise-in-water-connection-fee.html","title":{"rendered":"WASA Lahore proposes 900% increase in water connection fee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Water and Sanitation Authority (WASA) has shared it working paper with the Lahore Development Authority (LDA)\u2019s Governing Body to get an approval for increasing water connections issuance fee by 900%, a news source reported. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lda-governing-body-meeting-planned-next-week-agenda-finalised.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"LDA Governing Body\u2019s meeting (opens in a new tab)\">LDA Governing Body\u2019s meeting<\/a> is scheduled to take place on January 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: W<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-prepares-plan-to-replace-sewerage-system-in-gulberg-lahore.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"ASA prepares plan to replace sewerage system in Gulberg, Lahore (opens in a new tab)\">ASA prepares plan to replace sewerage system in Gulberg, Lahore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the suggestions shared in the working paper, WASA is looking to increase fee from current PKR 50 to PKR 500 for the issuance of new water connection. Similarly, the authority has proposed to increase the fee to disconnect an existing connection from PKR 100 to PKR 300, while the charges to apply for re-connection are expected to be increased from PKR 150 to PKR 500. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-to-lay-tunnel-sewer-system-in-lahore.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WASA to lay tunnel sewer system in Lahore (opens in a new tab)\">WASA to lay tunnel sewer system in Lahore<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the above-mentioned rise in fees, WASA has also proposed to increase fee for changing the name of connection holder from PKR 50 to PKR 500, while the recommended rise in fee for changing name of the commercial connection holders is PKR 1,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-launches-hazir-sir-in-lahore.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WASA launches \u2018Hazir Sir\u2019 in Lahore (opens in a new tab)\">WASA launches \u2018Hazir Sir\u2019 in Lahore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The working paper also requests the LDA Governing Body to increase water connection fee for restaurants and small industries from PKR 7,500 to PKR 10,000. While connection fee for commercial market and plazas is recommended to be increased from PKR 9,000 to PKR 20,000. Similarly, WASA proposed to increase connection fee for petrol pumps, workshops and restaurants spanning over 400 square yards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-to-inspect-100000-properties-for-illegal-water-sewerage-connections.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WASA to inspect 100,000 properties for illegal water, sewerage connections (opens in a new tab)\">WASA to inspect 100,000 properties for illegal water, sewerage connections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WASA is looking to get an approval for the working paper in\nLDA\u2019s upcoming Governing Body meeting; scheduled to take place on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Water and Sanitation Authority (WASA) has shared it working paper with the Lahore Development Authority (LDA)\u2019s Governing Body to get an approval for increasing water connections issuance fee by 900%, a news source reported. The LDA Governing Body\u2019s meeting is scheduled to take place on January 28. Read: WASA prepares plan to replace sewerage system in Gulberg, Lahore As per the suggestions shared in the working paper, WASA is looking to increase fee from current PKR 50 to PKR 500 for the issuance of new water connection. Similarly, the authority has proposed to increase the fee to disconnect an existing connection from PKR 100 to PKR 300, while the charges to apply for re-connection are expected to be increased from PKR 150 to PKR 500. Read: WASA to lay tunnel sewer system in Lahore In addition to the above-mentioned rise in fees, WASA has also proposed to increase fee for changing the name of connection holder from PKR 50 to PKR 500, while the recommended rise in fee for changing name of the commercial connection holders is PKR 1,000. Read: WASA launches \u2018Hazir Sir\u2019 in Lahore The working paper also requests the LDA Governing Body to increase water&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":60450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,15020],"tags":[],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"category-social-developments","9":"cat-15016-id","10":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WASA Lahore proposes 900% rise in water connection fee - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Water and Sanitation Authority (WASA) has shared it working paper with the Lahore Development Authority (LDA)\u2019s Governing Body to get an approval for\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-lahore-proposes-900-rise-in-water-connection-fee.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WASA Lahore proposes 900% rise in water connection fee - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Water and Sanitation Authority (WASA) has shared it working paper with the Lahore Development Authority (LDA)\u2019s Governing Body to get an approval for\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-lahore-proposes-900-rise-in-water-connection-fee.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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