Abrupt ending agreement on flimsy grounds

1 year ago

I have entered into a fresh rent agreement on 15 July 22 and four months down the line realised there is practically no water supply for the property. The borewell motor stopped working because of silt and there was no corporation water supply since 1.5 years which was not disclosed to us. Since water is a basic human need, tanker supply had to ordered. Whenwe asked landlord to bear charges, the landlord is dictating terms stating that we are using too much water. There are two tenants of 4 adults on two floor sharing water. An underground tank of 6k litres and and OH tank of 1000 litres. As anybody can guess that the OH tank is too small for 2 families. But landlord unwilling to install bigger tank . As a result we have to pump water to OH tank atleast twice. Also according to landlord we should manage with a single tanker capacity of 6000 litres for 1 week as we are supposedly wasting water as they could manage for 1 week so why not we. We are unaware of earlier lifestyle of theirs. Also it's wrong to dictate water usage when we all are responsible citizen and know the value of water. Further one day abruptly the landlord who is based in Canada called up stating that as per agreement she is giving one month notice to vacate the property. Reason - we are consuming too much water. Untold reason, rents have spiked up in Bangalore and she expects higher rent. However the same could have been discussed and reached a mutual agreement for higher rent for renewal . Also as per agreement it's only 5% hike . So the landlord found a simple way out to terminate agreement within just 6 months. As a tenant, we feel it's an unfair practice. Kindly advise