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Property tax hike raises more questions
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The escalation of property tax in Mysuru is under flak for lack of clarity.
The controversy over the escalation in property tax which came into vogue under Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) limits with effect from April 1, refuses to die as citizens and activists continue to question the methodology for effecting the hike.
Recently, a large group of citizens including the KPCC spokesperson M. Lakshman flayed the authorities for the manner in which the hike has been effected and threatened to file a PIL in the High Court questioning the escalation. On Sunday, activist Bhamy V. Shenoy, founding working president of Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP), questioned the rationale of the hike and described it as flawed at various levels. He computed the hike for different properties to find out that the increase is not 15% as claimed by MCC and mandated by the law. “In reality it is as much as 170% depending upon
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The dormant project was resurrected by the Tourism Minister
The ghost of ropeway or cable car project for Chamundi Hill has been resurrected again after a long hiatus which is set to trigger a fresh tug of war between proponents and opponents of the project.
This is the latest in a series of projects that have been initiated atop the Chamundi Hill which is fast turning into an urban jungle with a slew of concrete structures including a multi-storeyed vehicle parking lot, road expansion works, and commercial kiosks that have already come up.
It was the Minister for Tourism C.P.Yogeshwar who set the cat among the pigeons by announcing in the city last week that the ropeway or the cable car project was very much on the anvil and it would be taken up with private entities with experience in installing such projects in north India.
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