VMC council witnesses protests against OTS, new property tax system
The Hindu
‘Government’s decisions burdening the common man’
The council meeting of the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation on Saturday witnessed protests by the opposition parties over implementation of the new property tax system and the State government’s One-Time Settlement (OTS) scheme for registration of houses.
CPI(M) leaders Ch. Babu Rao, Gade Adilakshmi and others attempted to lay a siege to the VMC office in protest against hike in property tax and imposition of user charges on garbage collection. The TDP corporators also staged protests on the VMC premises against the OTS scheme.
Mr. Babu Rao, who was arrested along with other leaders and activists, said the government succumbed to the pressure mounted by the Central government, which, for the first time, imposed user charges on every household for garbage collection.
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