{"id":9309,"date":"2024-05-05T13:08:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T08:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=9309"},"modified":"2024-05-05T13:08:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T08:08:17","slug":"mwsc-to-extend-discount-on-water-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=9309","title":{"rendered":"MWSC to extend discount on water bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Male&#8217; Water and Sewerage Company (MWSC) Private Limited on Sunday announced its decision to extend discounts to domestic customers.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement from MWSC, the previous month&#8217;s billing cycle is from March 11, 2024 to April 11, 2024; for which has extended a collective total of MVR 14.13 million in discounts, which is 24.5% of the total consumption of the domestic category.<\/p>\n<p>MWSC said that the water and electricity charges for Ramadan had varying figures, due to which it decided on extending discounts for the bills issued in Ramadan and for the water used during Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>If the amount in the discounted March 2024 exceeds than the April 2024 bill, the excess will be deducted from April&#8217;s bill. 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