Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) on Saturday announced that it will give 50 per cent rebate in holding tax to Smart Houses.
Addressing a pres meet RMC Deputy Mayor Sanjeev Vijayvargia said that it was decided during Saturday’s Board meeting that those houses falling under category of Smart Houses comprising of Water Harvesting System, Green Plants, Water Recycle Procedure, Garbage Management System to produce Manure and arrangement of Solar Panel. Such kinds of houses will get benefit of 50 per cent rebate in holding taxes, he added.
The Civic Body will start its dream project on Sunday to form the State capital as herbal city; it was decided by the civic body during its board meeting held on Saturday. “To make Ranchi as first herbal city in the country the civic body has decided that it will plant medicinal plants in all wards of RMC. It has decided that it will plant four medicinal trees in all wards of the municipal body. The herbal plants will help to counter disease of modern era,” he added.
RMC will divide solid waste management work in three parts instead of single integrated system, which has been completely failed across the country, said Vijayvargia.
To execute waste management work in the city, the Deputy Mayor said that following the step of Patiala Municipal Corporation, RMC will divide solid waste management works in three parts. The civic body allot tender for three different companies for three different works including collection of waste, transportation of wastes and management of wastes, he added.
In another major decision taken by the Civic Body during its Board meeting that three dams falls under its area including Rukka Dam, Gonda Dam and Hatia Dam, which have not been cleaned since very long time, will be cleaned by requesting the State government.
Speaking about the garbage collection work Vijayvargia said, “RMC will install smart beans at the main centers where garbage falls in large numbers and one man will also be deputed at that spots to encourage people to throw garbage in the beam. RMC will construct park on the waste dumping area by surrounding it by boundary wall and gather the diffused waste in small area,” he added.
The Civic Body has decided during its Board meeting that it will revamp old and dilapidated electrical crematorium with the help of Marwadi Sahayata Samiti as the Samiti has said that it will revamp and run the crematorium. Vijayvargiya appealed to people of the State capital that they should help in keeping the city clean.