Civic Issues
Lessees and occupants of Maharashtra state government land will have to display certificates, declaring that their properties were granted by the government. A notice board has to be displayed on the building premises or on compound walls, visible to the public from now on. State government officials say that this will help the government to [...] Continue Reading »
As the government denied any financial assistance to the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG), the local body, in order to raise its revenue through tax, is to issue house tax assessment notice to villages under its jurisdiction. Around 46,000 people live in 39 villages that come under the MCG’s jurisdiction and half of them has [...] Continue Reading »
The Corporation of Chennai has asked the government for permission to cut water and power supply for the property tax defaulters. An official said, only 40 % of property owners in the city pay tax for the premises they own. Generally, property tax is paid once every six months, but the corporation allows defaulters to [...] Continue Reading »
As per the negotiations between Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and villagers in Mandur, BBMP officials managed to convince some leaders of villagers in Mandur to allow unlimited number of garbage trucks to dump waste till October 29. The villagers have urged the civic body to stick to its promise and said that if BBMP [...] Continue Reading »
Five years after Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) first proposed to undertake redevelopment of Crawford Market, the civic body has now finalised tenders worth Rs 20 crore for restoration of the front heritage building. The 141-year-old front portion of the market is a notified grade one heritage structure. The city civic body decided to undertake both [...] Continue Reading »
A number of buildings came up along the ITO are due to pay property tax, said north corporation. The list of organisations includes Rajiv Bhawan, Rabri Bhawan, Chandrashekhar Bhawan and Maharaja Ranjit Singh Trust, said Mahender Nagpal, leader of the House, north corporation. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) had issued notices to the defaulters to [...] Continue Reading »
The Mumbai civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), plans to restructure its water supply system to ensure equitable supply to all areas in the city. The BMC has decided that each person in the city should get at least 135 litres of water per day. Earlier, in 2009, it had set 90 litres per capita [...] Continue Reading »
Without any basic facilities, Patna citizens are paying property tax to the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC). Issues like unsafe water, live in unhygienic condition and also delaying the new garbage collection agency’s functioning are still on the list for PMC to solve. The PMC standing committee decided to double the holding tax which includes 2.5% [...] Continue Reading »
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is all set to hike the property tax despite stringent opposition from corporators. The GHMC, does not need permission to hike the property tax according to the Municipal Act, as the act says that the corporation can revise tax every five years and last revision was made in 2007. [...] Continue Reading »
Plans for buildings in the villages of Delhi got approved is set to get easier with the South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s (SDMC) decision to remove the necessity of producing any ownership proof. This move by the SDMC is expected to benefit lakhs of people living in the village who do not have an identification of [...] Continue Reading »
