Apropose of the suggestion of the Municipal Valuation Committee (Hindustan Times 12 June 2010), the residential colonies lying within half a kilometre of the Metro line would come under Category A, the highest slab for calculation of property tax. In some cases, the property tax will go up 4-5 times. It is very unfortunate that hardly 30-40 per cent of the registered properties in Delhi pay property tax. Instead of bringing the non-paying properties in to the tax net, the MCD is penalising the honest citizens who are paying taxes regularly.
Moreover, why should the metro alone be a criteria for re-catetorization of colonies; bad roads, clogged drains, blocked sewers, erratic power supply, insufficient and dirty water supply, overlowing dhalos, and most importantly the day-by-day deteriorating law and order situation in colonies should also be considered. MCD, please change your most corrupt system rather than penalising the public every time.
Ram Gupta
General Secretary
Priyadarshini Vihar RWA
Delhi - 110 092
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