City Corporate & Business Plan - Municipal

Chapter ñ 9 Final Report: Ambur Municipality
It may be observed that water charges account for around 5% of total income.
There has not been any growth in water charges over the last 6 years.
The water connection charges for the past 6 years is as below :
Table 9-12 - Water Connection Charges ñ Growth & % of Total Income (Rs.in Lacs)
S.No Particulars 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
Water
Connection
Charges
1.37 1.18 0.05 0.08 0.09 1.63
Total 1.37 1.18 0.05 0.08 0.09 1.63
2 % of Total 0.48% 0.25% 0.01% 0.02% 0.03% 0.41%
3
Income
% Growth - (13.87%) (95.76%) 60% 12.50% 1711%
It may be observed that water connection charges accounts for negligible portion
of total income @ less than 0.50%. The income from water connection charges has
reduced over the last 6 years.
The last date of revision of water charges was in 1992. The demand collection
balance statement of water charges for the last 6 years is as below :
Table 9-13 - Water Charges ñ Demand Collection % (Rs. in Lacs)
S.No Water Charges 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
1 Demand
- Current 18.01 18.66 18.57 17.36 16.43 -
- Arrears 42.29 54.68 60.46 74.71 85.10 -
Total 67.82 73.34 79.03 92.07 101.53 -
2 Collection
- Current 4.67 3.82 1.44 1.53 1.42 -
- Arrears 8.47 9.06 2.88 5.44 3.33 -
Total 13.14 12.88 4.32 6.97 12.33 -
3 Collection %
- Current 25% 20% 8% 9% 9% -
- Arrears 17% 17% 5% 7% 4% -
Total 19% 18% 5% 8% 5% -
The municipality has extremely poor collection performance, with current collection
charges at around 10%. The arrears collection % is around 12%.
9.3.6 Drainage Charges
The Municipality does not have a under ground drainage system and the number of
households with septic tank is 14318 Nos. and number of houses with low cost
sanitation toilets is 179 Nos.
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