Punjab Government on Tuesday extended the last date of pending installments of properties of Improvement Trusts and for the regularisation of the connections of water and sewage supply to July 31. The State local Bodies Minister Anil Joshi said that keeping the view of public interest, the local Government department has decided to extend the date. “For the possession of property of Improvement Trusts, owners should deposit all pending installments by July 31. This exemption has been allowed on the properties acquired before November 25, 2013, by the Improvement Trusts,” he said.
The Minister said that department also decided to provide relaxation for regularizing the illegal water and sewage connections, for which the owners should only deposit the amount of one year of user charges. “Strict action would be taken from August 1, 2015, onwards against beneficiaries, who will fail to regularise their connections,” said Joshi while warning that three-year of user charges, connection fee, road cutting charges would be recovered from the defaulters.He added that the directions have been issued to the Deputy Directors of Municipal Corporations, councils, panchayats to publicise the extension of date for the services and provide adequate information through display on notice boards in the offices of departments.