Citizens’ Forum protests mounting municipal taxes
The Hindu
Awareness drives conducted across Anantapur
Levying ‘true-up charges’ to make up for losses incurred years ago is unheard of in a civilised society, said members of the A.P. United Citizens Forum who launched an awareness drive here on Monday to highlight the impact of tax hikes implemented by the State government.
Forum president S.A. Rasool, general secretary A.G. Rajamohan, secretaries Satyanarayana Reddy and S. Rahul and treasurer T. Ramakrishna fanned out across walking arenas and parks such as Police Training College ground, Rajiv Children’s Park, JNTU, and Govt. Arts College as well as colony parks in residential areas to create awareness on the hike in property tax, and user charges for garbage collection under the new CLAP scheme by the Anantapur Municipal Corporation.