Right to Information act
There is a growing interest amongst citizens of Mumbai to know more about the place they live in, they want the building details, plans, dealings of land and property, and civic issue information too. It is mostly that civic and property issues are searched for using the arm of the Right to Information act, and [...] Continue Reading »
The protests by the residents of a housing society in Chunabhatti, Sion in Mumbai have been falling on deaf ears as their builder has been garnering the rent against two mobile towers on their building without fail. The rent is being paid by the service providers for the towers to the builder for the towers [...] Continue Reading »
With the increasing environmental damage and encroachment on the Belapur Hill, the locals have demanded action against the same. Belapur Hill located in CBD Sector 8B is a forest area which has been saved by the local residents many a times. Several attempts have been taken to save the green area. Chipko Movement was one [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Sahakarnagar have been protesting against a road that has been proposed to be built through the Waghjai hill. This road will link Sinhagad Road to the Dashabhuja Ganapati Road in Tulshibaugwale colony in Pune. The proposal has been planned under the draft development plan (DP) and will give a better connectivity. It will [...] Continue Reading »
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has recently sealed about 30 properties in the city for not paying property tax in time. The property tax department of the civic body had already sent notices to these properties in Pune and 353 prominent defaulters had been reminded for not paying the taxes in the given time frame. Around [...] Continue Reading »
Pune- The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has failed to recover the rent amount of Rs. 7.25 crore from 1,555 shops over several years. This has come into light through the Right to Information Act response by the corporation. According to an official, there are about 1,555 civic body shops which are either rented or leased [...] Continue Reading »
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has a good news for certain group of people in community. Now, ex-servicemen, freedom fighters and women property holders in Pimpri Chinchwad will get a rebate of 50% in their property tax from the coming fiscal year. However, this scheme is only applicable to only one property in case anyone [...] Continue Reading »
Coimbatore - Many people get confused whether it is the plinth area or the carpet area that has to be considered while assessing property tax. Well, Mr. Sundararajan, Assistant Commissioner, Revenue, clarifies the doubt with clear explanation. He said that the Coimbatore Corporation considers the plinth area and not the carpet area in assessing property tax. [...] Continue Reading »
Coimbatore- The corporation has started assessing the city’s property tax when a set of questions were put forth. Questions like is the Corporation right in taking into account the plinth area or carpet area while assessing property tax were presented. This question has been posed under the Right to Information Act to the Corporation. The corporation [...] Continue Reading »
The Pune Municipal Corporation has recently given green signal to the hike of 6% in property tax. It will definitely put a lot of pressure on the citizens. With the hike in property tax, PMC is expecting an additional revenue of Rs 40 crore. Maharashtra NavnirmanSena had joined hands with NCP to put a stay [...] Continue Reading »
