Nashik: In order to get the work of primary facilities in about 168 slums of the city, the administration sets the criteria for its authorized and unauthorized. Housing tax, service fee is collected from the slum built in a private place. Along with this, despite appeals to many slum dwellers, the corporators have accused them of not implementing it. Also said that the administration is not giving a satisfactory answer on this. In this context, Mayor Satish Kulkarni has assured to convene a meeting soon.
In the recently concluded General Body, Chandrakant Khade raised the issue of Annabhau Sathenagar Colony in Division 27. He said that out of 168 in the city, 56 are authorized while 112 slums are unauthorized with the administration. Till date, the municipal authorities have been refusing to do the work of urban facilities, calling these slums unauthorized. Shiv Sena leader Sudhakar Badgujar drew attention to the people living in the slums built on private land in Rajiv Nagar. He said that in some slums, house tax is implemented while in some places it is not. Because of this, the municipal corporation is suffering.
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On receipt of a proposal from the administration on this, it was claimed that house tax, service fee would be implemented accordingly, which Badgujar opposed. He said that since years, applications are being made to collect house tax from the people living here but cognizance of it is not being taken. On this, Mayor Satish Kulkarni said that work is not being done in unauthorized slums of Bharatnagar. Work is pending due to shortage of staff in the House Tax Department. The problems raised by the opposing members were not answered. Therefore, the mayor has announced to convene a meeting on these subjects soon.
85 thousand liability of water tax
A resident of Nashikrod was informed about arrears of water tax of Rs 85,000. Seeing this amount, the concerned citizen has warned of committing suicide. On this side corporator Pandit Aware attracted the attention of the house. Water tax has been levied on the domestic tap connection at the commercial rate. The corporator has expressed apprehension that similar work will be done in other areas of the city.