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‘No property tax hike in next 2 yrs’

Wednesday, 02 February 2011 11:22 administrator
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Deccan Chronicle        02.02.2011

‘No property tax hike in next 2 yrs’

February 2nd, 2011

Feb. 1: The chairman of the BBMP Taxation and Finance Committee, Mr P.N. Sadashiva, assured that property tax will not be hiked for the next two years. He made this declaration at the council meet on Tuesday while replying to a query raised by one Doddanna from Attiguppe ward about the steep hike in the property tax. Mr Sadashiva assured that a resolution will be sent to the government to reset the block period from three years to five years by making an amendment to the KMC Act 1976.

The Mayor, Mr S.K. Nataraj, said that the BBMP Town Planning Committee along with a few officials have been authorised to inspect the Garuda Mall, which has been built on the PPP module on BBMP property. The committee will then submit a report for further action.

Irrespective of party affiliation, corporators condemned the attitude of the Managing Director of the Garuda Mall, Mr Uday Garudachar's abusive attitude towards the people's representative.

Mr Nataraj gave the green signal for House Committee to review the Chief Auditor's report, which unearthed the bogus work code issued for works worth Rs 3,500 crore for 2008 and 2009. Raising serious concerns over public health, the Yediyur corporator, Mr N.R. Ramesh, revealed that there are over 400 unauthorised water processing units operating without an ISI seal.

 

One-time house tax remittance

Wednesday, 02 February 2011 05:18 administrator
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The Hindu         02.02.2011

One-time house tax remittance

The Local Administration Department has announced a one-time house tax arrears remittance scheme in rural and urban civic bodies. Those clearing the arrears before March 15 will not have to pay penal interest for the tax arrears, an official release said on Tuesday. – Special Correspondent

 

 

Corporation recovers Rs. 3 crore in water dues

Tuesday, 25 January 2011 04:44 administrator
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The Hindu       25.01.2011

Corporation recovers Rs. 3 crore in water dues

Staff Correspondent

Pay the principal on dues of your drinking water bill and get the interest on the dues waived — this strategy of the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) to recover water dues accrued over the last nine years seems to have helped mop up revenues.

The principal on water dues amounting to Rs. 3 crore has been collected from defaulters, including domestic, commercial and industrial consumers, since the launch of this special drive in November last year.

This “interest waiver” may be available till April this year, said sources in the MCC.

Mounting dues

Drinking water bill dues are only mounting in Mysore, with defaulters owing nearly Rs. 68 crore — Rs. 39 crore in principal and Rs. 29 crore in interest.

The Vani Vilas Waterworks (VVWW), a subsidiary of the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board, which was looking after water distribution in the city on behalf of the MCC until the Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company Ltd. took over, had sent a proposal to the Government last year, urging an interest waiver.

VVWW Executive Engineer Subramanya told The Hindu, “We have been told that a Government Order has been issued in this regard, but we have not received the order yet. Therefore, we cannot officially announce the interest waiver. Nevertheless, the defaulters have been told to pay the dues excluding the interest.”

The burden on defaulters would be less if they paid the amount in instalments instead of waiting for the official announcement, he suggested.

Mr. Subramanya said councillors were helping in the recovery of dues in their respective wards.

It may be noted that notices had been served on all defaulters in 2009, directing them to clear their dues, but few responded.

Consumers asked to pay principal on water dues and get interest on it waived

 
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