Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Sep 12: Soon, city consumers will be able to pay their water bills through point of sale (PoS) devices at their doorstep with bill collectors.

Workers will issue the bills using the device to the consumers at their doorstep and the facility is expected to become a reality within this month, according to C L Anand, commissioner of Mangaluru City Corporation.

He said consumers can pay their bills through cash, debit, or credit cards or through UPI by scanning the QR code in the device.

HDFC Bank has given 60 PoS devices to the civic body for free to issue bills and collect the payment, the commissioner said.

Consumers will have to log on to the portal www.mccwatertax.in to pay the bill using the payment gateway of HDFC Bank.

After registering by submitting the basic details, a six digit PIN for the consumer’s account will have to be created.

Consumer will have to login using the registered mobile number and the PIN. Once logged in, account details will have to be searched by using the sequence number printed on the water bill. Then bill can be viewed with due date for payment.

Bills can be paid using the credit/debit card, through netbanking and using UPI. E-receipt generated can be downloaded and the consumer will get confirmation through SMS on the registered mobile phone.

Bills can be paid offline by generating a challan. The offline payment can be made at post offices and at Mangaluru One multi-purpose service centres.

The online web application was developed by KEONICS for the corporation.

Though the civic body had launched an online water payment service earlier it was not much user friendly. The service launched earlier has been withdrawn and not available.

Now the online water bill payment service is available only through the portal www.mccwatertax.in.