Distressed Information on water tariff delinquent information No use record Tokyo 7-7 Koto-ku, February 7
Five years ago, the ward made a system to use information on non-payers of water bills to find those who needed assistance due to the problem that an elderly brother died in distress in Koto Ward, Tokyo, NHK's interview revealed that there was no record of the case so far.
On Christmas Eve last December 24, a 72-year-old brother and a 66-year-old brother who seemed to be in need of living in one of the apartments in Koto-ku, Tokyo died thin without receiving welfare support. Was found.
Electricity and gas stopped due to the delinquency of charges, and water was stopped just before water was stopped, but there was no application or consultation for welfare, and the ward did not know about the brothers' poverty.
Koto Ward has signed an agreement with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Waterworks Bureau to find those who need assistance. However, I found out that there had been no reports based on the agreement in the interviews with the ward and Waterworks Bureau.
According to the Water Bureau, there are 50,000 households in the 23 wards of Tokyo that are subject to measures to stop water supply due to long-term delinquency of charges, and it is not easy to confirm whether the need to provide information to the ward And
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare issued a notice to local governments nationwide in response to the distress of his 40s sisters in Sapporo in 2012, eight years ago, and demanded that cooperation with lifeline operators be strengthened.
Koto Ward said that there was no problem in cooperation with the Waterworks Bureau, and said, "I would like to reconfirm the future of the system."