Chandigarh, March 1 -- AAP and Congress councillors once again opposed the agenda to increase sewerage cess on water bills, during the first meeting of the recently formed water supply and sewerage disposal committee of the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) on Friday.

The meeting was held under the leadership of mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla to discuss two key agendas-increase in sewerage cess and the provision of temporary water connections outside Lal Dora areas.

During the meeting, former mayor and BJP councillor Sarbjit Kaur, who also serves as the chairperson of the committee, proposed a 2% annual increase in the sewerage cess to ensure sustainable infrastructure maintenance. However, this was met with strong opposition from counci...