KARACHI, Feb 21: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said with the up-gradation of new revenue collection system an increase of 200 per cent has been recorded in the revenue of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board.
Addressing a gathering at the inauguration ceremony of KWSB’s Integrated Revenue System Project, at Karsaz, he said the marketing of new revenue software would help double the revenue of water board. He said many other developing countries had shown keen interest in the new software.
The nazim disclosed the software had been prepared with an estimated cost of Rs10 million, saying that the facility had been made available to benefit 16 million citizens.
He said no attention was given to improve the KWSB’s billing system in the past and only 0.2 million out of 1.6 million bills used to be distributed, claiming that at present about one million bills were being distributed and the collection of revenue had been increased 200 per cent. He said steps being taken had strengthened the financial status of the KWSB, which was on record.
KWSB Managing Director Brigadier Iftikhar said measures had been taken to upgrade the old and ineffective billing system on modern lines, which had started functioning successfully.
He also mentioned some drawbacks of the old revenue system and said consultants of the board had raised some points about non-availability of proper revenue and complaint record, which, he said, was revised in the latest system.
He said KWSB had one million consumers with 5,000 bulk consumers, who would be sent bills on monthly basis and they could deposit their dues why internet.
