Civic Issues
Maharashtra builders have warned the buyers that they could invite legal action on the face of failure in payment of value added tax (VAT) on the purchases made from June 20, 2006 to March 31, 2010. The builders have paid the amount to the sales tax department and want to recover it from the buyers. [...] Continue Reading »
Garbage contractors staged a protest in front of the office of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner demanding security for their vehicles and to take care of the garbage dumped at landfills. Rajneesh Goel, BBMP Commissioner declared that the BBMP would form a squad of five officials who will manage the sites during night [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), which has failed to resolve the matter of garbage crisis in the city is now knocking at the doors of department of mines and geology. In a meeting with the deputy chief minister KS Eshwarappa and the ministers for large scale medium scale industries Murgesh Nirani regarding this issue, [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Indirapuram housing society lodged an FIR against a developer claiming that the developer had not paid the electricity bill, due to which around 250 families in the society had to face a power blackout for over 12 hours. Similarly, residents of Eastern Heights Society in Nyay Khand-III also said that the developer [...] Continue Reading »
Financial crunches often strikes NMC as the civic body have not recovered Rs 50 crore property tax from the owners. Around 4,105 property tax defaulters owe Nagpur municipal corporation (NMC) crores of rupees as property tax. A total of 674 defaulters owe tax dues ranging between Rs 50,000 and over Rs 1 lakh in Laxmi [...] Continue Reading »
Around 27 shops that have evaded property tax for two years are now under the scanner of Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC). The shops are located at Shagun, one of the commercial buildings in the posh Scheme No 54 area. It was recorded by an assistant revenue officer that 27 shops, sized between 700 to 3,200 [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi government currently is in a state of chaos as the economic slowdown has impacted the market. It was stated by the chief secretary PK Tripathi, on 18th October that the government had much to worry regarding the condition of the state exchequer. The third quarter of the financial year witnessed an unimpressive 40% of collections. [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Perumbavoor have demanded the closure of nearby plywood factories, as the factories allegedly polluting nearby areas. People have staged a hunger strike demanding the closure of these factories. There are around 800 plywood factories now in this area, an increase of 500 since it started. Most of these factories are situated near canals, [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Subhash Nagar have decided to fill a dug up road by themselves after being tired of complaining to the civic authorities. The dug up in the middle of the road resulted in several accidents and yet the authorities did not take any action. Not only the dug up road, missing streetlights also [...] Continue Reading »
The property tax is likely to witness an increase in both residential and commercial properties. A draft of the proposed rates will be issued a day before Diwali. The property owners may have to pay more tax for the second half of the year (October-March). If the proposal is accepted, the minimum tax for residential [...] Continue Reading »
