Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation
Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has introduced a new penalty provision to boost its collection of property tax. This penalty is simple interest of 2 per cent on property tax for half a year, if the tax has not been paid by the end of the first quarter of that year. What this essentially means [...] Continue Reading »
The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is planning to develop the city but before that it has to tackle the debt due to government departments defaulting on property tax. Around 30 government wings owe property tax of Rs 4.18 crore to the civic body, with the APTransco leading the defaulters list owing Rs 80.03 lakh [...] Continue Reading »
With the completion of the survey for levying property tax on the basis of Geographic Information System (GIS), the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation is all set to issue special notices. The relocation to GIS is one of the developments under the Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) on property tax. However, there has been a [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Venkatadrinagar in ward 72 in Visakhapatanam city continue to suffer the effects of unauthorised cremation in their colony, despite a court order favouring them and action by municipal corporation. Venkatadrinagar Residents’ Welfare Association had filed a writ petition in the High Court seeking a direction to officials to declare the site being [...] Continue Reading »
Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation is talk of the town due to bad collection of property tax and large debt this year. Apart from this, it is also facing problem in completing the projects in stipulated time under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The debt has also risen to Rs 130 crore and for [...] Continue Reading »
Unauthorized buildings are fast spreading all over the city in Visakhapatnam and the main reason behind increase in illegal building mushrooming is a result of the tied up union midst the officials of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) and the builders. The violation of zoning and building regulations have been encouraging by the authorities, [...] Continue Reading »
The High Court issued interim orders on Monday staying the property tax hike by the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC). The High Court division bench comprised of Justice V.V.S. Rao and Justice Ramesh Ranganath issued interim orders on Monday staying the property tax hike by the GVMC and ordered that the hike should not be [...] Continue Reading »
