Nagpur: After remaining on the paper for the past 11 years, the NAG River pollution reduction project has been approved by the EFC Financing Financing Committee (EFC) of the Union Ministry of Finance Wednesday.
However, the high-powered committee has requested Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to raise property taxes to pay for operations and maintenance (O & M) projects.
Also, the project costs are likely to be reduced by RS100 Crore or more.
Commissioner of Radhakrishnan B City gave a presentation on the project to EFC and representatives from the Ministry of Finance, Niti Ayog, Jalshakti, the National River Conservation Directorate (NRC), urban affairs, etc.
He was accompanied by Superintending Engineers Manoj Talewar, Executive Engineer Shweta Banerjee and Technical Consultant Mohammed Israel.
The source of the NMC told Tii, “EFC places a must increase property tax and also collect new sanitation components in property taxes.
NMC requires more than RS10 Crore per year for O & M from waste treatment plants (STP) and other infrastructure under the project .
O & M is not part of the project costs.
Civic Chief has no choice but accepts conditions to get approval, “said the source.
NMC has launched a new property tax system in 2015-16, which increases taxes of 2-4 times.
Since then, tax has not been revised.
Now, the NMC General Agency must pass the resolution to increase taxes.
The Civic body will require state approval as well if it is to introduce new components for sanitation in property taxes.
The source added EFC also said it would reduce project costs through more than RS100 Crore.
“At present, the costs have been done at RS2.117.56 Crore.
NMC has made RS132 Crore provisions for project management consultants (PMC) at a cost.
The amount is 10% of the project engineering fee.
EFC said the center will only bear 5% of the cost.
, EFC said it would reduce several more components of the project, “said the source.
Radhakrishnan told TII, “This is a historic moment for NMC because maybe the first time the government approves the project to dispose of waste and other infrastructure for the resurrection of the body of the body.
EFC has approved an eight-year deadline for project implementation, which we will try to reduce.” Mayor of Dayashankar Tiwari expressed his gratitude to the Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
“This is a Gadkari and NMC dream project has a responsibility for successful implementation,” he said.
The process of rejuvenation of the iconic city of the city changed NULLAH began in 2010 after the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court treats media reports on high pollution in the river, consequently polluting Kanhan, rivers of the river and the Gosikhurd project, as a Motu Pill Suo, and directed Civic, and directed the body’s civic to rejuvenate the body of water.
NMC first proposed a project in 2011.
In short the NAG River project is about putting new waste lines, treating and releasing it in a water body * NMC has recovered a conservancy tax of 12% of the value of property * NMC Levying tax benefits of waste, which is 1 % of values ​​that can be utlined * EFC has made it mandatory for NMC to bear the costs of more than RS10 Crore per year on the O & M River Nag project * EFC conditions before NMC increases property costs to bear the cost of O & M * tax increases will require approval from NMC General Body * The state government must also sign to collect new sanitation components in property taxes