minister says 43 lakh properties identified for tax

CHANDIGARH: Dr Kamal Gupta, Minister for Urban Local Body, Government of Haryana, on December 13, said that nearly 43 lakh properties have been identified for property tax in urban areas of Haryana. The minister also asked the public to pay the fee by the end of this month under the government’s tax waiver scheme.

While addressing a press conference, the minister said that under the government’s tax waiver scheme, “complete interest is being waived on the outstanding house tax amount.” The minister added that till now, around 33 lakh property IDs have been made.

Gupta said that in a survey, they have identified more than 23.50 lakh new properties out of a total of 43 lakh.

Additionally, 1.98 lakh objections have been registered, and the government has empowered the District Municipal Commissioner for the speedy resolution of these objections. Till now, around 1 lakh objections have been resolved, 60,000 have been cancelled, and 30,000 are still pending.

He also said that the decision of the government to mark parking areas in crowded places in the cities has shown positive results. Considering the success of this move, the government has decided to create marked out spaces for parking two-wheelers and four-wheelers in 11 cities including Yamunanagar, Panipat, Karnal, Gurugram, Faridabad, Panchkula, Sonipat, Manesar, Rohtak, Hisar and Ambala.

Municipal Corporation in Shimla is set to come up with five electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in next couple of months. Earlier the Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, announced that the government is looking to replace all government fossil fuel vehicles with EVs. Ashish Kohli, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Shimla, said, “We have allotted five sites for setting up the charging stations to two PSU (Public Sector Undertaking) companies and a private one. We have already signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Rajasthan Electronics Industries Limited and Sunfuel Electric, a private Gurugram-based company. A pact with Energy Efficiency Service Limited will be signed shortly.”