E-Abiana
According to Sindh Water Policy under Key Reforms - Governance enforce Flat Rate of Abiana based on the farm command area (whether cultivated or not). Looking to the declining trend in the availability of Water, in the second phase, working paper for implementation of the Step Rate system be prepared for discussion and approval of the Provincial Water Council to encourage conservation of water and to charge those who use excess amounts of water for producing high delta crops like rice, banana, gardens etc. The Step Rate of water terrif recovery employs progressively higher charges for bands of consumption. Thus, the initial band will be a volume sufficient for subsistence farming needs and charged at the minimum rate. Increased consumption for high delta crop assessed at higher unit charge.
Method : The principle of this method is improved recovery of Abiana and introduce phase-wise increase in Abiana to recover the full cost of O&M. For the Groundwater, often a mixture of flat rate, step rate and pay-for-use systems may be preferred to set tariffs for agriculture, domestic, industry and other uses. These systems generally employ low flat rates for a given amount of water and thereafter use a progressive rate for increasing water use. But the groundwater hydrological conditions will still hold the driving seat for the allocation of groundwater use in different areas of the province.
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