The Hindu 17.12.2010
Residential associations decide against paying property tax
| It is not possible to pay garbage tax separately, they say |
‘Garbage tax is unbearable and avoidable burden on the people of the city'
The associations to wage a struggle with the support of political parties
VIJAYAWADA: Representatives of nearly 36 residential welfare associations in Circle-III of the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation have decided unanimously not to pay property tax till there is clarity on the issue of garbage tax. They said on Thursday they have taken this decision as it is not possible for them to pay garbage tax separately under the prevailing conditions.
Ayyappanagar association secretary Arja Gopalakrishna Murthy and former corporator Koneru Sridhar said the garbage tax was being included as user charge in the same notice served for collection of property tax this time.
The municipal employees at the payment counters were not accepting payment of property tax alone, which was arbitrary, they said.
United stand
Pathuri Sambasiva Rao, president of the APIIC Colony, said the component of users charges meant for collecting garbage was an unbearable and avoidable burden on the people of the city. All the associations would move forward with one voice and wage a struggle with political parties to get the garbage tax withdrawn by the Corporation.
The representatives of these residential welfare associations gathered at the community hall in Patamata and passed a unanimous resolution to represent their decision to the district Collector and also Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal.
