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Time of India
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Housing societies protest against Manesar civic body's sanitation charge
GURUGRAM : Thousands of residents of group housing societies living in new sectors are up in arms against imposition of sanitation charges by MCM despite no door-to-door waste collection services by the corporation. In what residents call an "arbitrary and coercive" collection under the guise of municipal taxation, MCM has appended sanitation tax to their property tax bills even though no civic worker has ever entered their compounds for waste pickup. The charges, enforced without service, are not just causing inconvenience — they block transactions like property sales and lease agreements, since a No Dues Certificate (NDC) cannot be obtained unless the tax is paid. They pointed out that the directorate of Urban Local Bodies (ULB) earlier instructed MCM to levy such charges only where door-to-door garbage collection is provided. On Monday, representatives from several housing societies met with additional commissioner Jitender Kumar and submitted a memorandum demanding an immediate waiver of the sanitation charges. "Why are we paying for something we never received? Our society spends around Rs 7 lakh every month on sanitation managed by us, yet MCM forces us to pay again just to get a No Dues Certificate. This is nothing short of coercion," said Dharmvir Singh, president of Mapsko Casabella RWA . In a letter to the MCM commissioner, RWAs have demanded an independent forensic audit of sanitation deployment records and expenditure, alongside the immediate rollback of the charges and legal action against any officials involved in violating the ULB order. "This is not just about money. It's about defiance of a govt directive. If civic bodies start charging residents without service and ignore state orders, we are no longer a rule-based society," said Kumar Ashok, president of Bestech Grand Spa RWA . RWAs have warned that if corrective steps are not taken, they will approach the State Lokayukta, Vigilance Bureau, and even the high court for relief. Some RWA representatives also met the MCM commissioner last week, urging the removal of sanitation charges from group housing societies classified as bulk waste generators (BWGs). "This is a double whammy on residents," said Praveen Malik, president of Rising Homes RWA. "While MCM organises meetings for tax collection and property ID verification, it has ignored our grievances. We manage waste collection internally through empanelled vendors under the BWG framework. We segregate waste at source, maintain records, and bear all operational costs ourselves." When asked, an MCM official defended the corporation's position, saying, "This is a state policy that mandates collection of sanitation charges in municipal areas. If the state revises the policy, we will waive the charges—but we cannot do it on our own."
Time of India
26-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
‘No service, but forced to pay': Societies protest against MCM's sanitation charge
Gurgaon: Thousands of residents of group housing societies living in new sectors are up in arms against imposition of sanitation charges by MCM despite no door-to-door waste collection services by the corporation. In what residents call an "arbitrary and coercive" collection under the guise of municipal taxation, MCM has appended sanitation tax to their property tax bills even though no civic worker has ever entered their compounds for waste pickup. The charges, enforced without service, are not just causing inconvenience — they block transactions like property sales and lease agreements, since a No Dues Certificate (NDC) cannot be obtained unless the tax is paid. They pointed out that the directorate of Urban Local Bodies (ULB) earlier instructed MCM to levy such charges only where door-to-door garbage collection is provided. On Monday, representatives from several housing societies met with additional commissioner Jitender Kumar and submitted a memorandum demanding an immediate waiver of the sanitation charges. "Why are we paying for something we never received? Our society spends around Rs 7 lakh every month on sanitation managed by us, yet MCM forces us to pay again just to get a No Dues Certificate. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Switch to UnionBank Rewards Card UnionBank Credit Card Apply Now Undo This is nothing short of coercion," said Dharmvir Singh, president of Mapsko Casabella RWA. In a letter to the MCM commissioner, RWAs have demanded an independent forensic audit of sanitation deployment records and expenditure, alongside the immediate rollback of the charges and legal action against any officials involved in violating the ULB order. "This is not just about money. It's about defiance of a govt directive. If civic bodies start charging residents without service and ignore state orders, we are no longer a rule-based society," said Kumar Ashok, president of Bestech Grand Spa RWA. RWAs have warned that if corrective steps are not taken, they will approach the State Lokayukta, Vigilance Bureau, and even the high court for relief. Some RWA representatives also met the MCM commissioner last week, urging the removal of sanitation charges from group housing societies classified as bulk waste generators (BWGs). "This is a double whammy on residents," said Praveen Malik, president of Rising Homes RWA. "While MCM organises meetings for tax collection and property ID verification, it has ignored our grievances. We manage waste collection internally through empanelled vendors under the BWG framework. We segregate waste at source, maintain records, and bear all operational costs ourselves." When asked, an MCM official defended the corporation's position, saying, "This is a state policy that mandates collection of sanitation charges in municipal areas. If the state revises the policy, we will waive the charges—but we cannot do it on our own."
India Gazette
16-05-2025
- India Gazette
MP: Police arrest 10 more in connection with Rs 2.5 cr cyber fraud with Gwalior's Ashram secretary
Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): In a recent development in cyber fraud case of Rs 2.5 crore with a secretary of Ramakrishna Mission Ashram here, police arrested 10 more people from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, an official said on Friday. With this, Gwalior Police have arrested 19 people in connection with the cyber fraud so far. A case was registered on April 15, following the complaint of Ashram secretary, Swami Supradiptananda. He received a call from the cybercriminals for the first time on March 17 this year over WhatsApp. The cyber frauds continued talking to him for around 20 days and made various transactions of the amounts to different accounts in this time interval. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP, Gwalior) Dharmvir Singh told ANI, 'Recently, a big cyber fraud happened with the secretary of Ramakrishna Mission Ashram in which various transactions worth around Rs 2.5 crore were transferred to different accounts on different time intervals citing the fear of Directorate of Enforcement (ED). The Cyber Crime Branch team was continuously probing the matter. Six accused were arrested in whose accounts the money was transferred, later on information was gathered about more accounts on which money was further transferred. It came to light that a transaction of Rs 30 lakh was made in account of a Lucknow-based firm.' It was a big transaction, so a team was sent to Lucknow to investigate the account. Upon reaching there, the team took ten people into custody who were involved in this entire cyber fraud racket. The team has reached Gwalior with the accused, they will be produced before the court and then their remand will be sought for further interrogation, SSP Singh said. 'These are the people who work in an organised manner to transfer the fraudulent amount from one account to another and they get commission for the purpose. It is a big arrest and so far 19 arrests have been made in relation to the case. We are hopeful that this racket will help us to investigate the case further,' the officer said. (ANI)
