Kathmandu: Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL) has hiked water tariff by 30 percent in the Kathmandu Valley ignoring the aspects of improving its water supply services. KUKL has hiked water tariff in the name of adjusting the increased cost of the company. The consumers have to face additional burden after the KUKL hiked water tariff without considering different conditions put forward by the Water Supply Tariff Fixation Commission for consumer welfare.

By: Krishna Kisi

Kathmandu: Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL) is to hike water tariff by 30 percent in the Kathmandu Valley from Mid-December as per the recommendation of Water Tariff Review Commission. Before taking ownership from Nepal Water Supply Corporation, KUKL had agreed to supply water to all its consumers for at least one hour a day. At present, water hardly gushes out from most of the taps once a week. Earlier, the Nepal Water Supply Corporation had hiked water tariff in 2004.

By: Krishna Kisi

Kathmandu: The government has formed another high level commission after it was not satisfied with the water tariff hike rate recommended by the Water Supply Tariff Fixation Commission (WSTFC). The Water Tariff Review Commission is formed to review the recommended tariff structure after the WSTFC rejected the proposal of Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL) of charging Rs. 55 for a minimum of 10,000 litres a month even for dry taps.

Kathmandu: Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL) has decided to move the court against the decision made by Water Supply Tariff Fixation Commission (WSTFC) to make the water supply utility pay back the tariff it charged extra on delivering tanker water. WSTFC last month sought clarification from the KUKL on charging the tariff without its consent.