Team Herald
PONDA: At a special meeting of the Ponda Municipal Council ( PMC ) on Wednesday, the councillors decided to hike the house and commercial taxes manifold, to compensate for their revenue deficit of Rs three crore.
The move has upset Ponda locals, who called the drastic hike unfair.
House tax has been hiked from Rs 7 per sq.mt to Rs 15 per sq.mt, while commercial tax was hiked to Rs 100 from Rs 20
For new constructions, house tax was hiked from Rs 7 to Rs 50 per sq.mt and from Rs 50 to Rs 206 per sq.mt for new commercial buildings.
