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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.
Factories given March deadline to set things right
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Mangaluru City Corporation on Sunday said that the district administration has given March 2021 as deadline to fishmeal factories to comply with all statutory norms.
Area Councillor (Surathkal West) Shobha Rajesh told
The Hindu that the Deputy Commissioner recently held a meeting with all the concerned and asked the factories to completely stop all the civic nuisance by March this year. Otherwise, the Deputy Commissiner has warned that action will be taken against them, according to Ms. Rajesh.
Corporation Commissioner Akshy Sridhar said that following repeated complaints, senior officials of the district administration recently visited the area and took stock of the situation. Following this, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board issued the deadline. Meanwhile, representatives of fishmeal factories told reporters here on Saturday that the factories would install bio-filters and scru
Congress protests against stopping Smart City projects
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Speaking on the occasion, former Minister B. Ramanath Rai said that the Congress had toiled hard to get smart city projects to Mangaluru
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J.R. Lobo, former MLA for Mangaluru City South, speaking at a protest on Tuesday.
Speaking on the occasion, former Minister B. Ramanath Rai said that the Congress had toiled hard to get smart city projects to Mangaluru
The Congress staged a dharna in front of Mangaluru City Corporation on Tuesday protesting against Mangaluru Smart City Ltd. stopping works on various projects taken up in the city under the Smart City mission.