The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) is preparing to revise sewerage cess after a 14-year gap, following the Jubilee Hills bye-election. The Congress government is expected to approve the hike, which could range between 5–15 per cent.

Hyderabad: With the Jubilee Hills bye-election concluded recently, the Congress government may soon enforce a hike in the sewerage cess for consumers of Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board ( HMWSSB ) for both domestic and commercial categories.

The water board, facing a severe financial crunch, has been seeking to mop up its revenues from different sources, one of them being increasing the sewerage cess. However, it was kept in abeyance due to the recent bye-election for Jubilee Hills assembly constitue

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