30-05-2025
Aaditya: BMC will eventually burden citizens with user fee
Mumbai: A day after BMC said it had deferred rollout of its proposed user fee for solid waste collection in the wake of an up to 15% hike in property taxes, Worli MLA and former minister
Aaditya Thackeray
pointed out the plan has only been postponed and not cancelled.
"This tax is going to be levied on Mumbaikars, to indirectly make up for the Rs 2,500-crore expense for cleaning up Deonar [landfill] for Adani Group," he said. Slamming BMC for raising property taxes, he said, "Uddhav Thackerayji's govt cancelled property tax for homes up to 500sqft unconditionally. Now, BJP govt is raising property taxes... Leaving Mumbai taxed heavily and in a mess—that is the BJP strategy."
BMC had proposed a user fee ranging from Rs 100 to Rs 7,500 a month under the new solid waste bylaws. Past attempts to levy the charge had faced opposition from Sena (UBT) and Congress. tnn
