MUMBAI: Unpaid water bills of

chief minister

's official bungalow Varsha in Malabar Hill were paid on Tuesday, the assistant municipal engineer of civic water works department (D ward) said.

"There was a dispute of water bills within the bungalow along with other connections, so bills were pending. The issue was resolved and bills were paid by PWD on Tuesday," said an official. PWD manages government bungalows. In the case of Fadnavis's bungalow, the outstanding was over 7 lakh.

PWD officials clarified the bill was paid in November 2018. The outstanding was approximately 3.7 lakh, and bills paid in November last year were not recorded.