RWAs Oppose Garbage User Charges, Cite Poor Services

Residents' welfare associations (RWAs) were up in arms over the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's (MCD) move to collect garbage user charge along with property tax, with RWAs alleging that the fee will "further penalise honest taxpayers" and questioning if private door-to-door garbage collectors—who cover a majority of the city—will have to be made redundant or if they must make double payments.

- Paras Singh

NEW DELHI:

The direction has also emerged as a flashpoint in the corporation, where both the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opposed the move. While the AAP criticised linking property tax with it and rapped the MCD commissioner for allegedly bypassing the house, BJP leaders staged a protest at the MCD commissioner's residence.