SWM cess made must for tender coconut sellers

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has decided to collect solid waste management cess (SWM cess) from all the tender coconut sellers in the city. Tender coconut sellers in the city will have to pay the SWM cess, and also obtain a temporary trade licence from the MCC, to continue their business in the city, according to an order issued by MCC commissioner Akshy Sridhar.
“All tender coconut sellers, who are conducting business on push carts by the side of road in the city, will have to pay SWM cess as per the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 and MCC SWM and Sanitation Bylaws 2019. The solid waste from those traders will be collected only after they pay the SWM cess, and obtain a temporary trade licence for six months from the MCC,” the order stated. Accordingly, traders who sell tender coconuts on push carts, will have to pay Rs 2,080 as SWM cess, and Rs 200 for temporary trade licence, the commissioner said. TNN