A participant expressing his views during a meeting calling on KCCi to think about increasing taxes in Hubball on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Kiran Bakale
The exception of what is called the indiscriminate hike in real estate tax and other resignation from Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation, Karnatak Commerce and Industry (KCCI), a representative body of traders and industrial industries from North Karnataka appealed to the city authority to return the increase.
She also asked citizens not to pay an increased tax until the problem was resolved.
At a meeting held under the auspices of KCCI in Hubball on Thursday evening, a unanimous decision in this sense was involved in the participating party involved and the President of KCCI SP Saunshimath announced that if the municipal corporation did not ask for its request.
Traders, industrialists, various experts and the general public were part of the Thursday meeting that dealt with the matter.
The honorary secretary of Kcci Mahendra Singhi emphasized the lack of basic equipment, lack of maintenance of underground drains, bad roads and incorrect segregation of waste. He said that while taxes were collected for almost everything, municipal corporations did not provide proper equipment and services to the public.
Anand Shanbhag of Citizens Forum pointed out that taxes and referrals were revised according to the instructions 2022-23. “However, no clerk has bother to collect revised taxes since 2022-23, and now the amount from the public is looking for, which is unfair. Why should the public be punished for official mistakes?” He asked.
Mr. Shanbhag questioned the justification for storing fixed waste and fee for the use of underground drainage for vacancies.
The office wearer of the stamps, Shantharaj Pol sellers, said that in the fiscal years 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25, the property tax was increased by 3% per year, which meant an increase of 9%. “The concern is that the interest for interest is imposed at 24%. As a result, real estate tax has increased by 200%to 300%,” he said.
Mukesh, a representative of textile traders, pointed out the lack of complex developmental work in the city in the last few years and said that without improving infrastructure and urban corporation equipment increased taxes.
During the meeting, a number of representatives of various organists, including Suresh Kiresur, Ashok Kunnur, Ashok Bhandari, Prakash Rao and others, commented during the meeting.
Published – April 18 2025 17:46
