Civic body to promote rain water harvesting
AURANGABAD: The civic body on Tuesday said it would conduct regular seminars in the city to motivate people to adopt rain water harvesting. City engineer Sakhram Panzade said such seminars would encourage people to go for it and eventually increase the ground water level in the water-starved region.
The civic body has not yet finalized schedule for the seminars, but said that it would be done very soon. "We will organise it for the builders, architects, plumbers and general masses. Experts in the field will guide the participants. Besides, the AMC engineers will also elaborate on the topic and promote the concept," Panzade said.
He said the civic body is also encouraging people for rain water harvesting by way of offering special concessions in tax payment. People going for it can claim rebate of 5% on general tax, a sub-head in the civic body's property tax format.
Nearly 8,000 properties in the city have opted for rain water harvesting so far. However, sources said that very few of them have claimed the rebate. "The AMC offers only one time rebate in property tax. Moreover, it is very a small amount and hence, most of the people do not claim it," sources said.
However, Panzade said focusing on new properties alone would not yield positive results. "There are more than 1.87 lakh property owners in the city and there is need to create awareness among them," he said.
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The civic body has not yet finalized schedule for the seminars, but said that it would be done very soon. "We will organise it for the builders, architects, plumbers and general masses. Experts in the field will guide the participants. Besides, the AMC engineers will also elaborate on the topic and promote the concept," Panzade said.
He said the civic body is also encouraging people for rain water harvesting by way of offering special concessions in tax payment. People going for it can claim rebate of 5% on general tax, a sub-head in the civic body's property tax format.
Nearly 8,000 properties in the city have opted for rain water harvesting so far. However, sources said that very few of them have claimed the rebate. "The AMC offers only one time rebate in property tax. Moreover, it is very a small amount and hence, most of the people do not claim it," sources said.
However, Panzade said focusing on new properties alone would not yield positive results. "There are more than 1.87 lakh property owners in the city and there is need to create awareness among them," he said.
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