Archive · 24 May 2025
UBT Claims KDMC Plans Tax Hike for Garbage Project
Imagine your city is getting new trash collection.
The city government is paying a company to pick up the garbage.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) party is upset because they think the city is going to make homeowners pay more taxes to cover the cost.
The company will be paid a lot of money each year.
The party believes this tax increase is unfair and they worry that the garbage won't be handled properly.
They're threatening to protest if the taxes go up.
The city says the project is modeled after a successful one in Chennai.
Shiv Sena (UBT) alleges KDMC plans to increase property taxes by Rs 300.
The increase is related to a new garbage collection project.
The project's total cost is estimated at Rs 1,200 crore over a decade.
KDMC awarded a contract to a private agency for the project.
Sena (UBT) questions the project's processing methods and warns of protests.
- Who
- Shiv Sena (UBT) and Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC)
- What
- Alleged property tax hike for a new garbage collection project.
- When
- Not specified in article
- Where
- Kalyan-Dombivli
- Why
- Disagreement over property tax increase for garbage collection project
Shiv Sena (UBT)
KDMC
Property Tax Increase
Shiv Sena (UBT)
Opposes tax increase and claims the city is set to raise property taxes unilaterally.
KDMC
Does not explicitly state their view on property tax increase in the article
Project Success
Shiv Sena (UBT)
Questions the scientific processing of garbage, and success of the new program
KDMC
The garbage collection is part of an initiative that has been modeled after the "Chennai pattern" of urban sanitation, which has earned national recognition.
- Project Cost
- Rs 1,200 crore over 10 years
- Agency Contract
- Rs 85 crore annually
- Property Tax Hike
- Rs 300 per residential property (alleged)
- Garbage Collection Project
- Modeled after "Chennai pattern"
- Initiated by
- KDMC