Pune: BJP is likely to oppose the PMC’s proposed property tax hike.“We will see what other options can be explored for revenue generation. Our party will most likely oppose the move to increase the tax, though the final decision has not been taken yet,” Ganesh Bidkar, the party’s leader in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), told reporters on Thursday.The civic administration proposed a 5% hike in property tax for the next financial year. Initially, the plan was to increase it by 10% to “boost revenue”. The 5% hike was proposed following opposition from citizens’ groups.Demand to shift Kalakar KattaBJP corporator from the Deccan area Sunil Pande demanded to shift the ‘Kalakar Katta’ (artists’ corner) from the Gopalkrishna Gokhale (Goodluck) Chowk area. He gave a letter to the civic administration saying it was causing traffic jams.“Residents claimed it was causing a nuisance in a peaceful neighbourhood. It is also leading to traffic jams and creating problems for the movement of public transport buses,” he said in the memorandum to the PMC.The PMC officials said the decision about its removal would be taken after an inspection of the site.
