With the brand new monetary yr ushering in, a bunch of adjustments will even come into impact in Chandigarh from April 1.
Whereas residents might be paying extra for numerous fundamental companies, together with water and rubbish assortment, they may as soon as once more be capable to get fuel-run two-wheelers registered and have entry to liquor vends until midnight.
Journey in public service automobiles will turn into safer with necessary set up of monitoring units, rubbish assortment will start from industrial and industrial items, and town will get the eighth flight to Bengaluru.
Water turns into costlier
The UT administration will implement a flat 5% hike in water tariff for residential shoppers, the second in as a few years. The town has round 1.52 lakh residential water shoppers.
The brand new charges will fluctuate from ₹3.15 per kilolitre (kl) to ₹21 per kl relying on the consumption. At the moment, these vary between ₹3 per kl and ₹20 per kl.
The residents falling within the 0-15 kl slab should pay ₹3.15 per kl as an alternative of the present ₹3 per kl. For folks consuming 16-30 kl, the charges have been elevated from ₹6 to ₹6.3 per kl. For the 31 kl to 60 kl class, the tariff might be ₹10.5 per kl as an alternative of ₹10 per kl.
Consumption over 60 kl will now price ₹21 per kl as an alternative of ₹20 per kl. Final yr, the administration has elevated the water tariff charges for the primary time since 2011.
Sewerage cess lowered
Nonetheless, in some respite, the municipal company (MC) has slashed the sewerage cess on water from 30% to 10%. The sewerage cess will depend on a client’s water invoice. For example, if a client’s month-to-month water invoice is ₹2,500, the sewerage cess charged was ₹750 (30% of the invoice), which in the end took up the invoice to ₹3,250. With the newest resolution, the buyer will now should pay solely ₹2,750.
Rubbish assortment fees hiked
As a part of an annual enhance mannequin, MC will impose a 5% hike on rubbish assortment fees. For homes lower than 2 marla in dimension, the speed might be elevated from ₹50 to ₹52.5 and for homes sized 2 marla to 10 marla from ₹100 to ₹105. Residential properties within the vary of 10 marla to 1 kanal pays ₹210 as an alternative of the sooner ₹200; one kanal to 2 kanal ₹262.5 as an alternative of ₹250 per and people above 2 kanal will shell out ₹367.5 in comparison with the sooner ₹350.
Energy tariff hike anticipated
The Chandigarh electrical energy division has requested the Joint Electrical energy Regulatory Fee (JERC) to approve a hike of 10% in electrical energy tariff, which if accredited might be relevant from April 1. The town has practically 2.38 lakh energy shoppers, together with 2.04 lakh home and 28,521 non-domestic shoppers.
Liquor vends to stay open until 12 am
From April 1, metropolis residents will be capable to purchase liquor from vends till 12 am, however will even should pay ₹10 extra to take pleasure in their favorite beers. Within the Excise Coverage 2023-2024, the UT administration has hiked the minimal retail sale value (MSP) of all beer manufacturers by ₹10. The supply to permit bars to stay open until 3 am has been retained. Apart from, the cow cess has been diminished from the prevailing ₹5 to ₹1 per nation liquor bottle (750 ml), ₹5 to ₹1 per beer bottle (650 ml) and ₹10 to ₹2 per whisky bottle (750 ml/ 700ml).
Registration of non-electric two-wheelers restarts
After deciding to not register non-electric two-wheelers between February 10 and March 31, 2023, in pursuance of Electrical Automobile Coverage 2022, the UT administration will resume their registration from April 1. UT transport director Pradyuman Singh mentioned, “As deliberate within the Electrical Automobile coverage, 6,202 fuel-based two-wheelers might be registered throughout monetary yr 2023-24, following which solely electrical two-wheelers might be registered as achieved in February and March 2023.”
Govt automobiles older than 15 years to be scrapped
Following the instructions of the central authorities, the UT administration might be phasing out 98 authorities automobiles older than 15 years. These automobiles might be deregistered and scrapped within the metropolis from April 1. The automobiles embody vehicles and 9 Chandigarh Transport Endeavor (CTU) buses.
Plying public automobiles with out monitoring gadget to ask nice
The State Transport Authority (STA) will begin challaning public service automobiles which might be plying and not using a automobile location monitoring (VLT) gadget and panic button. As per STA document, there are round 5,500 public service automobiles, together with public buses, faculty buses and cabs, within the metropolis. A GPS-enabled system, VLT permits for real-time monitoring of a automobile’s location, serving to make journey in public automobiles lots safer, particularly for ladies and youngsters. As quickly as a passenger presses the panic button, an alert with real-time location of the automobile will attain the Built-in Command and Management Centre of Chandigarh. The VLT & EA portal additionally helps passengers observe the arrival and departure timings, route taken and pace.
Door-to-door rubbish assortment from industrial, industrial items
MC will begin door-to-door rubbish assortment from industrial and industrial items in a phased method. The rubbish might be collected from as many as 108 factors within the metropolis and can embody all varieties of industrial institutions, together with retailers, consuming joints, spas, salons, and so on. The rubbish assortment fees will fluctuate from ₹150 to ₹5,000 per thirty days, relying on the dimensions of the institution. The rubbish invoice for such items might be collected yearly with property tax. In residential areas, the cost is collected by means of water payments. Bus stands, railway station, theatres, malls and golf equipment, nonetheless, pays ₹5,000 per thirty days as an alternative of ₹4,000.