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Delhi extends water bill fine waiver scheme till August 15: clear your pending dues now

Under the Delhi government’s scheme, domestic water consumers earlier had to pay the principal amount of their water bill by January 31 to get 100% relaxation on the Late Payment Surcharge.

2 min readUpdated: Jan 30, 2026 12:19 PM IST

Over 3.3 lakh consumers have already availed the scheme, with the government aiming to recover more than Rs 5,500 crore in principal dues.

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The Delhi government has extended the deadline for its Late Payment Surcharge (LPSC) waiver scheme on water bills from January 31 to August 15, Water Minister Pravesh Sahib Singh announced Friday.

The one-time amnesty scheme to waive off 100 per cent LPSC on water bills was announced last year in October. Under this scheme, domestic water consumers had to pay the principal amount of their bill by January 31 to get relaxation on the LPSC charges. Those who pay by March 31 were to get only a 70 per cent waiver on the bill.

Since the implementation of this scheme, 3,30,000 consumers, which is over 20 per cent of the consumers, have availed the benefits, said the minister.

“Since the scheme’s rollout, domestic consumers have received rebates worth Rs 1,493 crore, and the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has collected revenue of Rs 430 crore through the principal amount. We observed that there are problems in our billing system also, due to which people who want to pay bills and avail the scheme are unable to do so. Thus, we have decided to extend the deadline till August 31,” said Singh.

He said that they expect recoveries to rise significantly after the next billing cycle, once consumers get updated bills reflecting the waived surcharges.

He said that the total pending water bill amount is Rs 11,000 crore, of which the government aims to recover Rs 5,570 crore (principal amount) in pending dues by waiving off the LPSC.

The minister said that there are over 16 lakh domestic customers with pending water dues.

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“We also received several written requests from Residents’ Welfare Associations (RWAs), public representatives and people to extend the deadline of the scheme. Now, as DJB is also working to fix the software so that people can get updated bills after they pay the water bill,” said the minister.

The minister appealed to people to come forward and pay their bills and said that the government also plans to set up camps and water Lok Adalats where people can resolve their water billing-related issues on the spot.

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