Stop property tax collection: Citizens

A citizens’ forum has urged Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to intervene and direct the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) not to collect property tax from residents, complaining that “unscientific and incomplete” civic works in their locality have led to flooding and poor road conditions.

- NT Correspondent

In a letter dated October 13 addressed to the Chief Minister, the residents of the Varthur-Balagere-Panathur area, under the banner of the "Individual Tax Payers Forum", which represents income tax payers and advocates for their rights, alleged that they have been suffering due to “half-measured, unscientific, and poorly coordinated" road white-topping and stormwater drainage works carried out by municipal authorit