- Amount of bulk connection may decrease in Bhopal
Bhopal: Before the budget meeting of Bhopal Municipal Corporation, MIC (Mayor in Council) meeting was held on Monday evening. In this, brainstorming was done on increasing water tax, property tax collection and budget. The meeting lasted for one and half hours. After Rangpanchami, there will be a meeting again and detailed discussion will be done.
All MIC members including Mayor Malti Rai, Corporation Commissioner Harendra Narayan Yadav attended the meeting. Water issue was prominent. According to the information, there was a discussion on reducing the amount of bulk connection. At the same time, there was also a discussion on increasing the amount of water tax.
Recovery will be faster by end of March
A total of 277 crore rupees are to be collected as property tax in Bhopal. So far only about 220 crore rupees have been collected. It was discussed to collect the remaining amount in the last days of March. For this, the recovery action will be intensified even on holidays.
The budget was also discussed in the MIC meeting. According to the information, this time the budget may be more than 2600 crores.
Tax was increased 3 years ago
About 3 years ago, the water tax was increased by 15%. There are more than 2.75 lakh tap connections in the city. Out of these, 2 lakh connections are installed in houses with an area of 2400 square feet or less. About 25 thousand connections are installed in houses with an area of 2400 square feet. The rest of the connections are in the houses of the poor class. People whose houses are built in an area of up to 2400 square feet have to pay 210 rupees. An increase of 30 rupees per month was made. Those whose houses are built in an area of more than 2400 square feet are paying Rs 300 per month.
If the water tax is increased for the first time in the current tenure, it will be for the first time in the current tenure. However, there was a discussion about increasing the water tax in previous meetings, but later the decision was postponed.
Meeting will be held after 3 months
The last meeting was held on 13th December. This meeting was held about three months back, while the rule is to hold it within 2 months. In such a situation, the opposition, that is, the Congress councillors have expressed their protest. However, there was a Global Investors Summit in Bhopal on 24-25 February. This is being said to be the reason for the delay in the meeting.
