Help manage waste, get house tax rebate: Cong
MCD POLLS Party releases waste disposal roadmap, says housing societies, malls with zero waste will get concession in property tax Congress’s best brains are helping us in making these roadmaps with real solutions and incentives, not fake promises. It is easy to say that we will make things free. We won’t do that.
The Congress on Sunday declared property tax rebate and other incentives for domestic and commercial establishments, as part of its solid waste management roadmap which will aim to make Delhi the “cleanest and most beautiful” city in the world.
“We will keep Delhi clean and disease free. The best of brains in the Congress are helping us in making these roadmaps with real solutions and incentives, not fake promises. It is easy to say that we will make things free. We won’t do that,” Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee chief Ajay Maken said taking a dig at Arvind Kejriwal’s promise of abolishing house tax.
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday had announced abolishing residential house tax in the Capital if his party is voted to power in the April 23 civic polls. Kejriwal said the Aam Aadmi Party has worked out the mathematics and the money saved from corruption would be used to cover the shortfall after scrapping the house tax.
“What Kejriwal has said is for residential units. We are talking about commercial ones, too. The (AAP) announcement is ridiculous and unrealistic. Over 70% area in Delhi doesn’t have property tax anyway. The collection rate is 30%. We are offering solutions. We are saying toll tax, outdoor advertisement and parking we can earn more. If we licence rehriwallas, we can earn more revenue,” Maken said.
According to the plan, group housing societies, hospitals and malls with zero waste discharge, will be given incentives and concessions in property tax.
“Selective units, which are able to augment infrastructure, parking and public facilities will be given extra floor area ratio (FAR). Domestic units will also get incentives. Every ward will be divided in four sub zones, which will be scored by an independent agency on solid waste management. Based on this, tax rebate and incentives will be given,” he said.
The civic bodies, according to the roadmap, will also identify spaces, allocate fund and help resident welfare associations and NGOs to set up and run “local compost machines”.
Free garbage bins, one green and one blue, will be distributed across all homes to encourage and ensure segregation at source, which will help in making “landfill free”.
According to Maken, the party’s top priority after winning the MCD polls will be payment of dues, including ₹1,563 crore arrears to sanitation workers, and regularisation of temporary staff.