Prayagraj: The Prayagraj Municipal Corporation ( PMC ) will build a super specialty hospital in Naini area. The corporation has prepared the DPR of the hospital, estimated to cost Rs 65.98 crore.
The hospital with modern facilities will also help in increasing the revenue of PMC. At the same time, over 7,000 house owners who had deposited the arrears of increased water tax, water value, sewer tax, and sewer charges for the financial years 2022-23 and 2023-24 have got a big relief. In a House meeting of the PMC, it was decided to adjust the amount taken from them as arrears of two years in the bill of the next financial year 2025-26.
Two years ago, the PMC had decided to increase the water tax, water value, sewer tax, and sewer charges. Based on this, over 7,000 house owners had deposited the arrears on the stipulated date. However, on July 20, the municipal corporation executive meeting, the decision was scrapped.
It was decided to implement the same from the current financial year. However, in this meeting, no decision was taken about those 7,278 citizens who had deposited the arrears. Giving relief to such house owners, PMC decided to adjust the amount taken.
It has also been decided that the house owners will get a 10% discount on the house tax for the current financial year till Oct 31. Mayor Umeshchand Ganesh Kesarwani announced this in the House meeting on Friday. Earlier, the building owners were given a discount till Aug 30.
Other important decisions taken in the meeting include the approval of Rs 100 crore for the improvement of roads in the city area under CM-Grid, Rs 50 crore for the selection of works to be proposed under the Chief Minister Global Nagarodaya Yojana (CM-VNY), approval of Rs 200 crore for drain and drinking water supply-related work in the extended border areas, proposal of Rs 30 crore for road construction works, and approval of Rs 2.30 crore for the renovation work of ward offices. We also published the following articles recently Properties availing tax rebates for rainwater harvesting up ten times in decade under PMC The adoption of rainwater harvesting by property owners in Pune increased significantly over a decade, yet its overall implementation remains low.
In 2006, the civic body mandated new buildings to install rainwater systems and offered tax rebates. Despite promotions, many properties still need to adopt these measures to address the city's water crisis. Around 2 lakh property owners fail to claim 40% tax discount Around 2 lakh property owners in Pune did not submit PT3 forms for a 40% tax discount despite several deadline extensions, said a PMC official.
Only 2.5 lakh out of 4.5 lakh required submissions were made.
Some properties were either locked or rented out. The discount policy was restored in 2022-23 after being declared illegal earlier. Heavy spells in catchments lead to water discharge from Khadakwasla; PMC on alert mode Heavy rainfall in the catchment areas of Pune's major dams led to significant water discharges on Saturday.
The dams, including Khadakwasla, Panshet, and Varasgaon, released water at varying rates, with safety measures put in place by authorities. The Pune Municipal Corporation urged residents in low-lying areas to seek safer locations due to potential risks from the increased water flow..
