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Hans India
18-05-2025
- Health
- Hans India
Centre will release funds for drinking water facility
Guntur: Union Minister of State for Rural Development Dr Pemmasani Chandrasekhar said the Central government will sanction Rs 258 crore to provide drinking water facility to the villages, which were merged in Guntur Municipal Corporation. Addressing a meeting held at GMC Council Hall here on Saturday, he said that there is need to improve drinking water supply in Guntur city. He recalled that the government released Rs 362.23 crore under Amrut Scheme to supply drinking water to three areas in Guntur city, out of which Rs 331.1 crore was allotted to lay drinking water pipeline to Gorantla and Rs 32.13 crore was allotted to supply water to other areas. The Minister said the GMC will draw drinking water from Krishna River and supply the same to the residents of Goratla, adding that this scheme will be completed within two years. Later he distributed compensation to the house owners, who lost their houses due to the construction of ROB at Sankar Vilas Centre in Guntur city. Later addressing a meeting held at NATCO Meeting Hall along with GGH Development Society Committee members and doctors of other government hospitals within the purview of Guntur Parliament Constituency, the Union Minister directed the officials to provide all necessary facilities in the GGH. When the doctors working in the GGH said that they require at least 60 ACs additionally, he requested donors to donate the ACs to the hospital. Mayor Kovelamudi Ravindra, MLAs Naseer Ahmed and B Ramanjaneyulu, Joint Collector A Bhargav Teja, GGH superintendent Dr SSV Ramana were among those, who participated.
The Hindu
04-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
CPI(M) demands rollback of indirect property tax revision
Communist Party of India (Marxist) has appealed to State Government to rollback the manifold increase in property tax on houses and shops of poor people. In a statement, its Virudhunagar district secretary A. Gurusamy said that the party had objected to the State government's proposal in 2022-23 for property tax revision. As per the proposal 25% tax was increased for houses up to 600 square feet, 50% increase for houses up to 1,200 square feet, 75% increase for 1,800 sq ft and 100% increase for houses beyond 1,801 sq ft. The Director of Municipal Administration, in a circular, dated July 20, had contended that the Union government had made increase in property tax collection mandatory for getting subsidy fund under Cleanliness India Mission and Amrut Scheme. Based on that the officials were asked to increase the property tax on properties, on which minimum tax had been imposed. The Commissioners of municipalities and corporations were asked to make field visits on buildings for which the property tax had been fixed below ₹100 to revise it correctly. While the poor people were living in such buildings, the officials had increased the half-yearly property tax for those houses to ₹500 without giving any notice to the building owners. 'Even the elected representatives were not informed about this move and increased the property tax manifold,' Mr. Gurusamy accused. The elected representatives belonging to various parties, including the DMK, CPI (M), Congress, had walked out of the council meetings. But, no action has been taken to reduce the increased property tax, he charged. While the property has been increased significantly in 2022-23 and the State Government has proposed to increase it by 6% every year, this indirect manifold increase in property tax without the knowledge of the house owners was not fair, the statement said. The party has gone to the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court against the decision of the State government.
