{"id":64881,"date":"2020-05-03T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64881"},"modified":"2020-04-29T16:34:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:34:16","slug":"covid-19-lockdown-wasa-lahore-to-waive-off-water-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-lockdown-wasa-lahore-to-waive-off-water-bills.html","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Lockdown: WASA Lahore to waive off water bills under conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Water and Sanitation Authority (WASA) has announced waiving off water bills for industrial and commercial connection holders that have remained inactive during the lockdown imposed for controlling the COVID-19 spread, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The working paper has been finalised and forwarded for approval to the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Governing Body \u2013 that\u2019s scheduled to meet on May 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rise-punjab-project-approved-boost-investment-opportunities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Rise Punjab\u2019 project approved to boost investment opportunities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, WASA has finalised the terms and conditions for waiving water bills specifying that only the owners of industrial units and commercial clients who had paid their water bills prior to the lockdown \u2013 by February 28 \u2013 can benefit from the relief measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The water authority has recommended the LDA Governing Body to offer no relief to its defaulters. Furthermore, the terms and conditions specify that industrial units and commercial consumers that weren\u2019t required to shut their business operation during the lockdown cannot avail the relief offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-pondering-over-gradually-reopening-businesses-minister.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Punjab govt pondering over gradually reopening businesses<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, WASA will waive water bills for client who will place a formal request with the authority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Water and Sanitation Authority (WASA) has announced waiving off water bills for industrial and commercial connection holders that have remained inactive during the lockdown imposed for controlling the COVID-19 spread, a news source reported. The working paper has been finalised and forwarded for approval to the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Governing Body \u2013 that\u2019s scheduled to meet on May 4. Read: \u2018Rise Punjab\u2019 project approved to boost investment opportunities Reportedly, WASA has finalised the terms and conditions for waiving water bills specifying that only the owners of industrial units and commercial clients who had paid their water bills prior to the lockdown \u2013 by February 28 \u2013 can benefit from the relief measures. The water authority has recommended the LDA Governing Body to offer no relief to its defaulters. Furthermore, the terms and conditions specify that industrial units and commercial consumers that weren\u2019t required to shut their business operation during the lockdown cannot avail the relief offer. Read: Punjab govt pondering over gradually reopening businesses In addition, WASA will waive water bills for client who will place a formal request with the authority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":64321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[27691,27692,21230],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64881","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-corona-relief-measures-in-lahore","8":"tag-covid-19-lockdown-wasa-lahore-to-waive-off-water-bills-under-conditions","9":"tag-wasa-lahore"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COVID19 Lockdown: WASA Lahore to waive off water bills - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Water and Sanitation Authority (WASA) has announced waiving off water bills for industrial and commercial connection holders\" \/>\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\/covid-19-lockdown-wasa-lahore-to-waive-off-water-bills.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COVID19 Lockdown: WASA Lahore to waive off water bills - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The Water and Sanitation Authority (WASA) has announced waiving off water bills for industrial and commercial connection holders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-lockdown-wasa-lahore-to-waive-off-water-bills.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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