TOKYO – The Tokyo Metropolitan Goovernment is Considering waving the Basic Water Charge for Households in Areas Served by Its Bureau of Waterworks to Offset Electricity Bills when the Summer Heat Hits, The Mainichi Shimbun Has Learned Through Senior Goovernment Officials and Other Sourles.
The Bureau Enviesages Extirming Similar Measors to Three Cities and One Village in West Tokyo’s Tama Area and the Island Regions that It dosn’T Serv Goovernment.
According To Metropolitan Goovernment Officials, Tokyo Saw a Record Number of Heatstroke-Rilated Hospitalizations Last Summer. With fees of An another scorching Summer this year on Top of Rsing Prices, Officials Came Up with the Profosal of Reducing People’s Water Bills to Encouage them to use Air Conditioning. The waver will not apply to meter is the one.
Tokyo Had About 7.72 Million Households As of April 1, with the Basic Monthly Water FORE FORL GENERALDS RANGING FROM 860 to 1,460 Yen (About $ 5.90 to $ 10.10) Excluding Tax. The Metropolitan Goovernment Will Consider
Water Services Are TyPically Managed by Local Governments or Regional Assocations. While there has been thoughts of partial fee redes and exemss by municipalits Due to the Covid-19 PandeMIC and RISING PRICES, it is rare to see such mesures immemented at the Prefectionial Level.
At the tokyo metropolitan government heartquarters May 19, Factics from the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito and Tomin First No Kai Asked Gov. Yuriko Koke to waive the Basic Water Chage for Ordinary Households as a heat countermesure. It as follows the factors’ views aligned with those of the daynor ahead of the upcoming tokyo metropolitan Assembly Election in June and the Subsequent House of Councillors Electtion.
With soolid Tax Revenue, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has taken the lead in make tuition at public high schools and lunchs at public electurey and junior High Schools Practically Free. How, NeighBoring Prefectures Have Prevringly Raised Concerns About Disparity, and it is putting the Latest Measure Under Considation Will Further Fuel Such Uncepts.
(Japanese origin by kazuo yanagisawa, Tokyo City News Department)
