Unpaid utility bills of Bahraini families could be scrapped if the head of the family dies, if a parliamentary proposal gets the go-ahead.
A group of MPs believes that the current system of the Electricity and Water Affairs (EWA) asking widows and children to pay the accumulated bills – sometimes amounting to BD3,000, though over a period of years – was inhumane.
Khalid Bu Onk, who is spearheading the proposal along with five other MPs, stressed that more than 500 families were currently paying large sums to clear bills that have been left unpaid for years.
“Imagine grief-stricken widows and children who have lost their breadwinner being forced to sign documents to pay the bills in instalments,” he said.
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