Bengaluru. The people of Karnataka are soon going to be bombarded with having to pay higher water bills. Ishwar B., Forest and Environment Minister of the Congress government of Karnataka. Khandare has written a letter to the Additional Chief Secretary of the Forest Department asking him to submit a proposal to increase the water bills in cities and towns by Rs 2 to 3 within 7 days. It is being called green cess. According to the Forest Minister of Karnataka, a fund will be created for the conservation and development of the Western Ghats by taking extra money on water bills. Tungabhadra, Kaveri, Kabini, Hemavati, Krishna, Malaprabha, Ghataprabha and other rivers also originate from the Western Ghats.
Karnataka | Forest, Ecology and Environment Minister Eshwar B Khandre gave directions to the additional chief secretary of the state forest department to submit a proposal within 7 days to impose a green cess of Rs 2 or 3 on water bills in towns and cities to raise a corpus fund. … pic.twitter.com/650Ac6aEGr
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Ishwar B., Forest Minister of the Congress government of Karnataka. This letter regarding the proposal to impose cess of Rs 2 to 3 on Khandare water can heat up the politics in the state. The reason for this is that the Karnataka government has been accused of putting a huge burden on its treasury to provide free schemes. However, Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar had denied this recently. DK Shivakumar had also said that development work will continue in any case and the people of Karnataka will also continue to get the benefits of free schemes. This statement of DK Shivakumar came after the video of Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge surfaced, in which Kharge was heard saying that free schemes should be announced only after seeing the budget.
After the video of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s statement surfaced, BJP once again accused the Karnataka government that the financial condition of the state is poor in implementing free schemes. Now, if there is an increase in water bills, then BJP is sure to get a chance to corner the Congress government of Karnataka on this issue.
