Civic body turns off taps of 60 over water tax dues

Nashik | Saturday | 23rd March, 2019

Summary:

Earlier, we had served notices to several water tax defaulters. The water department has collected Rs 40 crore so far, against the target of Rs 45 crore for the financial year 2018-19. This was followed by issuance of notices and snapping water connections.The water tax department of the NMC initially targeted the big defaulters and served final notices to over 60,000 other defaulters till Feberuary-end. Nashik: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has snapped the water supply to 60 consumers who failed to clear the tax dues despite repeated notices.With the current financial year about to end, the water department of the civic body is going all out to meet its target. The total outstanding amount that time was about Rs 14 crore.“We recently started snapping water connections of defaulters following their failure to pay the dues..