Water board to go for cashless transactions from Monday
The Hindu
180 point of sale machines distributed, personnel trained
The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) plans to reduce cash collection in its offices in about six months. It will launch collection services through point of sale (POS) machines from Monday.
To start with, about 180 POS machines would be distributed to various CMWSSB offices, including in depots, in the city that are engaged in tax collection. The personnel are being trained on the use of the machines. The online services of the water board has gained patronage.
A senior official said this year, nearly 60% of the consumers paid tax and charges through internet banking.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.