MCC enhances property tax by 15%

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March 31, 2011

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Mangalore, March 31: In a move that could be a new burden on taxpayers, the Mangalore City Corporation has enhanced the property tax by 15% as per the trend of revising property tax rates under self-assessment scheme (SAS) once in three years.

Addressing media persons Mayor Praveen Anchan at his office on Thursday said the revised rates would come into effect from April 1, as three year block period ended on March 31. MCC had adopted SAS on April 1, 2008.

Pointing out that MCC has become a model for its solid waste management in the entire country, the Mayor said the money collected through tax would be spent for development works.

Revealing the revised tax rates, MCC Commissioner KN Vijayaprakash said the buildings having less than 1,000 square feet area should pay Rs 10, those having area between 1,000 and 3,000 square feet should pay Rs 30 per month and those exceed an area of 3,000 square feet must pay Rs 50 per month as solid waste management cess.

Commercial complexes constructed at an area between 1000 and 5000 square feet and those which have more than 5000 square feet should pay cess of Rs 100 and Rs 200 per month respectively.

Industries, possessing less than 1000 square feet, having an area between 1000 and 5000 square feet and more than 5000 square feet should pay a cess of Rs 100, 200 and 300 respectively.

Hotels, wedding halls, hospitals etc should pay Rs 300, 500 and 1000 per month if they have an area of 10,000, between 10,000 and 50,000 and above 50,000 respectively, said Mr Vijayaprakash.

MCC bears an annual expenditure of Rs 12 crore for solid waste management. However, the total amount of cess for this purpose is expected to be between Rs 3 crore and Rs 3.5 crore and remaining expenditure will be handled through other income sources, he said.

The commissioner said out of the 24 parks across the city, 17 parks have already been developed using funds from various sources including state finance commission (SFC) and the remaining parks will also be developed in the same manner.

Deputy Mayor Geetha M Nayak and all the chairpersons and members of standing committees were present at the press meet.

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April 18,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 18: Mangaluru Police have registered a case against two foreign nationals, who were under home quarantine in Kodailbail, for allegedly spitting in the lift of their apartment building on Friday.

The two men, along with three of their roommates, have now been sent to a quarantine facility.

The residents of the residential complex have mentioned in their complaint that they have the CCTV footage of the two spitting in the lift.
Further investigation in the case is underway.

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Media Release
February 12,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 11: Renowned journalist and winner of Magsaysay award, P Sainath will be in Mangaluru on February 14 & 15 at St. Aloysius College (Autonomous). He will speak on the topic ‘Indian democracy in post liberalisation and post truth era’.

P Sainath’s two-day visit to St. Aloysius College will also feature a workshop by the veteran journalist on his rural development project PARI (People’s Archives of Rural India). It is a part of the tenth edition of Media Manthan, a National level media fest organised by the post-graduate department of Journalism and Mass Communication of St. Aloysius College.

P. Sainath is a veteran journalist and media activist who has an avid interest in rural reporting. People’s Archives of Rural India (PARI), a digital journalism platform is an initiative put forward by him which aims to document rural Indian lives and livelihood. Sainath is also a teacher who has trained over 1000 media persons across 27 years.

Media Manthan is a media festival by the PG Department of Mass Communication of St. Aloysius College (Autonomous). Besides endowment lecture and workshop by P. Sainath, the fest holds various media-related competitions for the students of various colleges from across the state.

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July 26,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 26: Rubbishing reports about cancellation of institutional quarantine for international passengers in Mangaluru, local health authorities have clarified that 14 day isolation including first seven day institutional quarantine must for international passengers. 

For past couple of days rumours were doing rounds on social media that the government has done away with quarantine for international passengers. A few Mangaluru-based news portals also had published it as news without quoting any reliable sources. 

Meanwhile, district health officer in his clarification message said that neither Karnataka government nor Dakshina Kannada district administrant has revised the quarantine norms for international passengers. 

“Those who arrive from overseas must remain in isolation for 14 days. Out of this, seven days have to be spent in institutional quarantine (in hotel or lodge). During this period, the throat swab sample of the person will be sent for covid-19 testing. If the report is negative, then they will be sent to home quarantine for another seven days."

He said that concession in terms of number of days has only been given for people with other health conditions, children and the elderly. "For children below 10 years, pregnant women, elderly above the age of 60 years and other with other ailments, the throat swab will be collected on the second day of institutional quarantine. If the report turns negative, they will be sent to home quarantine for 14 days."

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