No more cheques, DDs for water bills from Nov 1: BWSSB

Bengaluru: The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) will not accept cheques or demand drafts towards payment of water and sanitary bills starting November 1.

As per the official notification, cash deposited through kiosks and digital payments via BBPS, PayTM, BJIM, PhonePe, Google Pay, PayU, Amazon Pay, QR code, and RTGS/NEFT bank transfers will be accepted without transaction charges.

However, transaction charges will be included for the use of payment gateways of ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank, Axis Bank, IndusInd Bank, and BWSSB’s mobile application, according to officials.