The Hindu 09.10.2013
‘Buildings without RWH unit will not be assessed’
Buildings will not be assessed for various government
taxes if they are not provided with suitable Rain Water Harvesting (RWH)
facilities, Municipal Commissioner K.Sivakumar has said.
He was speaking to
the Hindu
on the sidelines of an awareness rally on the need for Rain Water
Harvesting (RWH) structures organised by the civic administration here
on Monday.
Chairman of Udhagamandalam Municipal
Council K.Sathyabama flagged off the rally that emphasized the growing
need for rain water harvesting structures to combat the vagaries of the
monsoon.
Mr.Sivakumar told
The Hindu
that the erratic rainfall pattern over the past few years has forced the
municipality to alter the water distribution system and henceforth the
dependence on stored rain water would be more.
Stating
that the municipality has for the past few years been insisting on RWH
structures, he said that most of the 20,000 domestic and commercial
buildings within the municipal area are now equipped with such
structures.
However many of them are damaged. The
owners have been asked to repair them. Around 1800 new constructions
need to be equipped with RWH structures. They will not be assessed for
property tax, water tax and so on if they are not provided with suitable
RWH facilities. Special teams have been formed to ensure compliance, he
added.