The Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) on Monday alleged that the Municipal Company of Delhi (MCD), on instructions of its commissioner, has “unilaterally” begun to levy a rubbish person payment for strong waste administration from the Capital’s residents.
An MCD spokesperson mentioned the person payment for rubbish assortment providers was notified in 2018, and mentioned that the implementation of the strong waste administration guidelines is being monitored by the Supreme Court docket. (HT Archive)
MCD, nonetheless, dismissed the allegations and mentioned that the person payment for sanitary providers was notified in 2018. Officers mentioned they plan to levy these costs on the time customers pay their property taxes. There are round 1.3 million properties which pay property tax in Delhi, and the transfer is prone to yield the company greater than ₹100 crore yearly.
Talking at a press convention, AAP chief and mayor Mahesh Kumar Khichi known as the fees, which vary from ₹50 to ₹200, an assault on the “pockets of Delhi’s citizens”.
“The commissioner bypassed the elected house and arbitrarily linked these charges to property tax, a move which will unfairly inflate the tax burden on residents already grappling with economic pressures. We are demanding an immediate rollback as this decision is anti-people and procedurally illegitimate,” he mentioned at a press convention.
Chief of the home Mukesh Goel mentioned that the sanitation division has linked person costs to property tax payments with none session or transparency. “80–85% of homes in Delhi do not receive door-to-door garbage collection from MCD contractors. Citizens are paying private workers ₹100–200 every month for this. Despite that, they are now being taxed again under the guise of user charges,” he mentioned.
“Instead of fulfilling its obligations, MCD is penalising the people with dual taxation. There has been no coordination between private waste collectors and MCD’s concessionaires. There hasn’t even been a single meeting between them. Before even thinking of levying user charges, MCD must first clean up its act and deliver the services it promises,” Goel mentioned.
Responding to the AAP, an MCD spokesperson mentioned the person payment for rubbish assortment providers was notified in 2018, and mentioned that the implementation of the strong waste administration guidelines is being monitored by the Supreme Court docket.
“The Government of NCT of Delhi notified Solid Waste Management Bye-laws 2017 vide Gazette Notifications dated January 15, 2018 for the then erstwhile three Corporations. As per the said Bye-laws a user fee is to be collected for providing services for garbage collection, transportation and disposal of solid waste. The fee was same for all the three erstwhile Corporations. The user fee as notified is being enforced,” the spokesperson mentioned in an announcement.