The Gulbarga Mahanagara Palike has made it compulsory for  the consumers who use tap waters for commercial purposes to fit consumption meters to taps immediately.
   Palike Commissioner Mudhol said hitherto the Palike was charging flat rate for commercial water taps and now on as per the government order the notified commercial establishments in the city will have to get their taps fixed with IS 779/1994 or ISO 4064 meters compulsorily. The commercial establishments have been given time till June 10 to comply with the new requirement.
   The Commissioner has warned of legal action against all those commercial establishments which fail to fix meters to their taps before the deadline.
   The commercial establishments notified for fixing water metre for their taps are: hotel, boarding, lodging, complex, construction purpose, hostel, government office, boards and corporations, dall mill, ice factory, factory and industry, servicing centre, milk diary and others.
   The Commissioner pointed out that the entire city was getting water on alternate day without any hassles. If any area was not getting water on alternate day the same should be informed to the Palike authorities so that action could be taken for regular supply of water, he added.