Mumbai property tax: No increase till Covid-19 continues, says mayor
Premium- There will be no hike in Property tax in Mumbai till the COVID situation continues: Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar
In what comes as a relief for thousands of Mumbaikars, Mayor Kishori Pednekar today said that there will be no hike in Property tax in Mumbai till the Covid-19 situation continues. "We don't know how long will it take but till then we will not burden Mumbaikars by increasing the property tax," was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Earlier, there were reports that Birhanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed to increase the property tax based on ready reckoner rates as of 1 April 2021.
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Meanwhile, Mumbai reported 666 new coronavirus cases and 20 fresh fatalities on Thursday, while 741 more patients recovered from the infection, the city civic body said.
According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) updated data, with the new cases, the COVID-19 tally jumped to 7,19,179, while the death toll increased to 15,247.
Mumbai reported a dip in the daily COVID-19 cases, while the number of deaths rose as compared to Wednesday, when the city had witnessed 830 new infections and 11 fatalities.
Since May 31, the daily COVID-19 cases in the financial capital have remained below the 1,000-mark.
Presently, Mumbai has 14,807 active cases after 741 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recovered people to 6,86,866, as per the civic body.
The BMC said with 29,309 COVID-19 tests conducted in the city in the last 24 hours, the cumulative number has increased to 67,23,219.
Mumbai has a recovery rate of 95 per cent, while the average growth rate of COVID-19 cases between June 10 and June 16 was 0.9 per cent. The doubling rate of cases has improved to 734 days, as per the data.
According to the BMC, Mumbai has 18 active containment zones in slums and 'chawls' (old row tenements), while the number of sealed buildings across the city is 81.
The financial capital had reported its highest-ever 11,163 COVID-19 cases on April 4, while it witnessed the most single-day deaths during the second wave - at 90 - on May 1
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