Fine on ‘defiling’ water to go up to Rs10m from Rs1,500 PTI MNA moves a bill in NA seeking to enhance punishment for the crime from three months to three years The execution agency of the K-IV project has been changed from Karachi Water and Sewerage Board of Sindh government to the Water and Power Development Authority. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: In 1860, a fine of Rs500 for polluting water of any public spring or reservoir was a stupendous amount. However, in the 21st century, there are several crimes that seem big and make headlines but the sentences and fines that they carry are just a sad reminder that we are still living in the 19th or 20th century.