Summary:
New Delhi, Jan 19 (PTI) AAP councillor and leader of opposition in the BJP-led North Delhi Municipal Corporation Vikas Goel on Wednesday sought job and financial assistance to the kin of NDMC employees, who lost their lives while on Covid duty.
He was speaking during a discussion on the NDMC annual budget for financial year 2022-23.
In his speech, he accused the ruling party in the civic body of "turning Delhi into a garbage dump" and of irregularities in the contract for garbage disposal at the Bhalswa landfill site, which was "given at a rate of Rs 306 per metre".
The North Delhi Municipal Corporation is not proposing any increase in property tax in its budget in view of financial strains faced by people due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Municipal Commissioner Sanjay Goel had said on November 25 while presenting the budget.
However, given the financial condition of the civic body, "I request the standing committee (of the NDMC) to consider a minor increase of 2 per cent in property tax rates for financial year 2022-23," he had said.
He had also requested that the rebate enjoyed by people on early filing of property tax be reduced from 15 per cent to 10 per cent.