The Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has launched a mobile application to help customers to pay water bills online. alternative payment methods like PhonePe, Google Pay, Bhim, PayTM, BBPS, PayU, Amazon Pay, QR code, and RTGS/NEFT bank transfers will be accepted without transaction charges.
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has launched a mobile application to help customers to pay water bills online.
Most Bengalureans depend on the BWSSB for supply of drinking water and the new app will help them do a hassle-free payment.
Earlier water bills were calculated by the monthly consumption and consumers had to pay bills using cash, cheques, or DDs.
The decision to launch a mobile application was made by the BWSSB after many banks started rejecting cheques and DDs.
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According to the BWSSB it has also come up with alternative payment methods like PhonePe, Google Pay, Bhim, PayTM, BBPS, PayU, Amazon Pay, QR code, and RTGS/NEFT bank transfers will be accepted without transaction charges.
Officials stated that customers who pay bills through payment gateways of ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank, Axis Bank, IndusInd Bank, will have to pay transaction charges.