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Segregate waste or get ready to pay penalty

Friday, 30 August 2013 04:15 administrator
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The Hindu              30.08.2013

Segregate waste or get ready to pay penalty

Have you not been segregating your waste at home? It is time you bucked up as the Bruhat Bangalore Mahangara Palike (BBMP) has authorised the Assistant Executive Engineer or Assistant Engineer of the respective wards to levy and collect penalty for effective solid waste management.

A notification to this effect was issued by the BBMP Commissioner here on Thursday. The notification states that officials are vested with the responsibility to levy fine under the amended Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976. A public notice has been issued by the BBMP fixing the fine amount for various offences such as spitting, not segregating waste and allowing filth to flow on to the streets.

The public notice stated that failure to segregate dry waste from wet waste will attract a fine of Rs. 100 for residents and Rs. 500 for bulk generators. The penalty for the second time offence by residents would be Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 for bulk generators.

Failure to segregate and hand over garden waste, sanitary waste, biomedical waste would attract a fine of Rs. 500 for the first time and Rs. 1,000 for the second and subsequent offences.

If you dump building waste irregularly, you are likely to be penalised Rs. 1,000 for the first offence and Rs. 5,000 for the second and subsequent offences.

Irregular deposit of rubbish or filth or any solid waste could cost you Rs. 100 and the subsequent times you would be fined Rs. 200.

The civic body has also decided to levy fine for littering, spitting, urinating and depositing carcasses of animals in an improper place.

 

Tax on compensation for land surrendered can only be 1%: HC

Tuesday, 27 August 2013 11:44 administrator
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The Times of India             27.08.2013

Tax on compensation for land surrendered can only be 1%: HC

KOCHI: People who willingly surrender land for development projects of the government should be taxed only at one per cent of the compensation, instead of the prevailing practice of levying 10% tax, the Kerala high court has held.

The ruling by Justice V Chitambaresh came while considering a petition filed by M C Thomas of Kalamassery challenging the 10% tax imposed on him after he willingly surrendered four cents for the metro project.

Directing the government not to levy tax at 10%, the court said the one per cent tax applicable in such cases should be levied at the time of paying compensation itself.

In the petition filed through advocate M M Saidu Muhammed, it was pointed out that the land and its records were handed over to the government even before the procedure of land acquisition for the project was completed.

As the land was surrendered willingly, the tax specified in land acquisition law is not applicable, the counsel argued. Therefore, levying of tax at 10% should be quashed and the extra tax collected should be repaid, it was demanded.

Allowing the plea, the court pointed out that Income Tax Act was amended on June 1 this year to facilitate retaining of tax on compensation at the time of payment itself. This is intended to speed up the process of transferring land required for public projects, the court said.

The court said the amendment allows levying of tax at one per cent for those who surrender land willingly, instead of government taking over land through proceedings under Land Acquisition Act, if the compensation is above Rs 50 lakh.

Moreover, those who get compensation below Rs 50 lakh or those who lose agricultural land during acquisition for public projects need not pay tax at all, the court said. 

 

Ganesh idol stalls outside civil hospital to be shifted

Tuesday, 27 August 2013 11:41 administrator
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The Times of India             27.08.2013

Ganesh idol stalls outside civil hospital to be shifted

NASHIK: Mayor YatinWagh on Monday directed the anti-encroachment department of the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) to remove Ganesh idol stalls set up outside the civil hospital on the Trimbak Road.

Wagh asked deputy commissioner (encroachment) R M Bahiram why the 'galas' (shopping units) were allowed to be set up in the area which falls in the silent zone. Bahiram told TOI that the 'galas' do not have the permission and so they will be removed immediately.

The temporary stalls will now be shifted to the Gold Club ground.

Meanwhile, acting on the directives of the city police, the NMC deployed the anti-encroachment team on Monday to remove the stalls. However, stall owners refused to move demanding that they should have been given prior intimation.

DCP Nandkumar Chaughule said, "There was no reason to allow the Ganesh stall owners to operate in the area because it is a silent zone. Besides, some 1,200 state transport buses pass through the road every day. Allowing the stalls to operate here simply means adding to the traffic congestion, which will cause inconvenience to the patients."

The stalls have been put up on either side of the Trimbak Road, which leaves little space for vehicles on 'Ganesh Chaturthi'. Last year too, the police had objected to setting up of stalls here, but finally allowed them to operate for a day.

Earlier, Ganapati idol stalls used to be put up near Nehru Garden behind Shalimar. However, they hampered movement of vehicles from Shalimar to MG Road and Raviwar Karanja. This stretch of road not only leads to the busy market area of Raviwar Karanja, but also has several schools, Parshuram Saikhedkar auditorium and other important offices on the way.

Taking these impediments into account, it was decided to provide place for Ganapati stalls on Trimbak Road opposite Civil Hospital.

 
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