All in a day’s work: Tambaram Corporation rolls back hike of water charge after protest by residents

On April 15, 2026 residents of areas governed by Tambaram City Municipal Corporation woke up to discover that water now cost dear. From ₹50.50 per month, drinking water charge had been spiked to a whopping ₹150.50. Residents had to fork out three times the amount they had been accustomed to paying. From ₹606 per year, water charge now stood at a forbidding ₹1,806. 

Residents were on the warpath, and with a couple of major residents’ associations putting their entire weight behind the campaign, by sundown, the hike was scaled back and the revised charge stood at ₹101 per month with effect from April 15