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Time of India
4 days ago
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- Time of India
Ponda municipality razes eight kiosks for road expansion works
Ponda: Eight kiosks, which their owners claimed dated to the Portuguese era, have been demolished by the Ponda municipality. The civic body said the structures lay in the road widening area at Sadar, Ponda. The structures were razed under police cover. Shopkeepers accused the municipality of not providing them with a proper place for rehabilitation. Vishant Naik, a municipal engineer of the Ponda Municipal Council (PMC), said the demolition on Saturday was in compliance with a court order to remove all kiosks under the road widening area. Ponda MLA and agriculture minister Ravi Naik said the municipality had heeded the court order. The Panaji corporation has also removed such kiosks, he said. 'In one alternative shop shown by the PMC, pieces of a slab collapsed when the shutter was opened,' said Amol Naik, a shopkeeper. 'Nobody is ready to go to the market complex.' Advocate Surel Tilve said that the PMC had already renewed kiosk licences up to 2026. 'If the PMC had to demolish their shops, why did it renew the licences,' he said.
Time of India
11-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Ponda council ups house taxes after 6 years
Ponda: After failing to hike the house tax in 2022, the Ponda Municipal Council (PMC) has raised the house tax starting this April. PMC chairperson Anand Naik said the hike is Rs 3/sqm for domestic houses and Rs 5/sqm for commercial units, raising the tax to Rs 10/sqm and Rs 25/sqm, respectively. The council's meeting on Thursday has approved the hike to meet its administrative expenses. Naik said Ponda households were still enjoying the tax tariff of 2019 when the council raised the house tax from Rs 5/sqm to Rs 7/sqm. The council tried to hike the tax in 2022 from Rs 7/sqm to Rs 15/sqm for houses and from Rs 20/sqm to Rs 100/sqm for commercial units. The rate for new house construction was hiked to Rs 50 (up from Rs 7) and Rs 206 (up from Rs 50) for commercial establishments, but public opposition forced it to roll back its decision. Naik said even B-grade municipalities in Goa hiked their house tax to Rs 20/sqm, with some panchayats in the taluka doing the same. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Mother's Day wishes , messages , and quotes !
