The Centre as well as the Asian Development Bank (ADB) seems to be unhappy with the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). In a report submitted to the city civic body, the ADB has reiterated the immediate need to install water meters across the city "to determine the extent of losses' incurred by the department and reducing the high percentage of water wastage. The report and its findings is significant as both the Centre and the ADB funds have been providing a few hundred crore to KMC under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Mission (JNNURM) for improving the quality of civic amenities. The report, titled 2007 Benchmarking and Data Book of Water Utilities in India, prepared jointly by the ADB and the Union ministry of urban development, carried a comparative analysis of 20 different areas, stated: "KMC provides water at 130 lpcd (litres per capita per day) to its consumers at an average of eight hours per day to 79 per cent of the population in its area of responsibility. UFW (unaccounted for wastage) is estimated at 35 per cent...' The report pointed out the percentage of water coverage by the city civic body was lower than other cities like Mumbai (100 per cent), Bangalore (92.9 per cent) and Chennai (89.3 per cent). Even smaller cities like Rajkot, Nasik and Nagpur have comparatively higher water coverage of 98.1, 92.6 and 91.5 per cent respectively. According to the survey, water wastage in the city is the fourth highest when compared with other city municipal corporations. The highest water wastage has been recorded from Amritsar (57 per cent) followed by Bangalore (45 per cent) and Chandigargh (39 per cent). Other than the high wastage of potable water, the report mentions that the city civic body has staff strength of 14.7 against every 1,000 water connections in the city. This is the fourth highest across India with the highest being Indore where the staff per 1,000 water connections stand at 18. However, the ideal staff count should be five. Moreover, the report also mentions dissatisfaction with the financial management system of the KMC's water supply department. "Financial management needs improvement with the second highest operating ratio of 4.73 (the amount spent to earn per one rupee).' The report further states the "average tariff of Rs 1.13 per cubic metre is the third lowest which cannot cover expenses at all