The Dehradun city buses association has opposed the decision of Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) to impose commercial licence fee on the city buses. The MCD had recently decided to levy a tax of Rs 10,000 on every city bus operating in Dehradun.
In a letter sent to the Municipal Commissioner, Vinay Shankar Pandey, on Tuesday the president of the city buses association, Vijay Vardhan Dandriyal has said that the MCD cannot impose the tax.
He said that this tax can be imposed only when the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) or the district magistrate (DM) of Dehradun finalises the bus stops and bus terminals in the city. Dandriyal said that MCD has no authority to impose tax on the roads which are under the control of Public Works Department (PWD).
He claimed that the MCD can collect tax for the roads constructed by it and that too after RTA or DM notifies the bus stops and terminals.
The president of the bus association said that the city buses charge less fare from the commuters.
He however threatened that the bus operators would be forced to increase the fares if the proposed tax is not rolled back.