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Law to check water theft soon

Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Government proposes to bring legislation to check unauthorised use and theft of water from the water supply system, Minister for Water Resources N.K. Premachandran said in the Assembly on Tuesday.

Replying to a debate on demands for grants for water supply and sanitation and irrigation, the Minister said squads would be formed to detect the theft. The Kerala Water Authority was losing Rs. 44 crores a year owing to water leakage and theft. Every day, though it treated 1,835 million litres, it could bill for only 1,101 million litres.

Mr. Premachandran announced that the Government proposed to professionalise the management of the authority. The change in management programme would be carried out over three years. The salaries of the nearly 10,000 employees would be revised soon.

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