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City corporation urged to issue water bills monthly
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Many a problem related to exorbitant billing can be avoided, says Opposition
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Many a problem related to exorbitant billing can be avoided, says Opposition
Taking the ruling BJP to task for laxity in issuing water bills, the Opposition Congress in the Mangaluru City Corporation Council on Friday urged the corporation to ensure that consumers are issued monthly bills.
Leader of the Opposition Abdul Ravoof and the former Mayor and now a Congress member M. Shashidhar Hegde said that if the civic body issued monthly bills many a problem related to exorbitant billing can be avoided.
MANGALURU: The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) will soon begin a property survey in all the 60 wards, as part of its plans to make collection of property tax under the self-assessment scheme (SAS) efficient and effective. The survey will be conducted through multi-purpose workers (MPWs), said Akshy Sridhar, commissioner, MCC.
At a council meeting chaired by mayor Diwakar on Friday, the commissioner said that though property tax is one of the major sources of revenue, the city corporation could collect only Rs 56 crore, which amounts to 50% of the actual revenue expected from the city.
He said that a property survey conducted in the city, under the Urban Property Ownership Records (UPOR), had collected data only from the central business district (CBD) areas of the city. However, the survey to be conducted by the MCC, will cover all the areas of the city corporation, he said.
Mangaluru Mayor Diwakar (right) receiving inputs collected through the MyCityMyBudget campaign launched by Janaagraha Centre For Citizenship and Democracy.
MANGALURU: Over 1,000 Mangalureans submitted inputs to the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) through MyCityMyBudget, a campaign was launched by MCC commissioner Akshay Sridhar recently.
Citizens, people representatives, residents’ association and NGOs were among the various stakeholders who submitted their thoughts on the city budget allocation in their respective wards.
In three days, Janaagraha was able to garner 1,060 responses (856 online & 204 offline) through the MyCityMyBudget campaign launched by Janaagraha Centre For Citizenship and Democracy.
The public opinion aggregated showed that construction and repair of roads, solid waste management (SWM) and completion of underground drainage (UGD) works, were among the top three priorities that they want their civic agencies to focus and spend.