BWSSB shows the way for India’s utilities
- From: Vol 10, Issue 10 (October 2009)
- Category: General
- Region: Asia
- Country: India
- Related Companies: Asian Development Bank , Bangalore’s Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), Japan Industrial Cooperation Agency (JICA) and World Bank
The Bangalore utility’s financial reforms are helping it break the cycle of low revenues and low investment. GWI’s Rama Rastogi looks at the lessons for other Indian cities.
Financial reforms at Bangalore’s Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) were recently recognised with a National Urban Water Award for “cost recovery through effective billing and collection”. The award reflects BWSSB’s achievement of increasing its resources to the point where they cover operation and maintenance expenses (the utility receives grants, but only for capital investments).
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