New Delhi. The Congress government, which was under siege after the media reports of imposition of sewerage tax on the basis of number of toilet seats in houses in Himachal Pradesh, has now given clarification on this. The government has said that no such notification has been issued that sewerage tax will be collected on the basis of the number of toilet seats installed by the building owner. Earlier, raising this issue, BJP had targeted Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu.
Unbelievable, if true!
Whereas PM @narendramodiji, builds Swachhata as a people’s movement, here is@INCIndiataxing people for toilets! Shame that they didn’t provide good sanitation during their time, but this step will shame the country! https://t.co/EPTmOmyufM— Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) October 4, 2024
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while sharing the media report on tax based on the number of toilet seats on her social media account, wrote that if this news is true then it is unbelievable. On one hand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is establishing cleanliness as a mass movement and on the other hand, the Congress government of Himachal is imposing tax on people for toilets. It is a matter of shame that during the government at the Center, Congress neither spread awareness about cleanliness nor made any efforts in this direction, now this step of Himachal government will put the country to shame.
On media reports, Jal Shakti Department of Himachal Pradesh government said, “No such notification has been issued by the present government that sewerage connections will be given on the basis of the number of seats installed by the building owner. Sewerage connections will continue to be provided as before. Recently only water…
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On the other hand, now the Jal Shakti Department of Himachal Pradesh says that at present no such notification has been issued by the state government that sewerage connections will be given on the basis of the number of seats installed by the building owner. Sewerage connections will continue to be provided as before. Recently, notification has been issued only regarding water charges, while all other things will remain the same. Earlier in media reports, it was claimed that under the new policy of Himachal Pradesh government, sewerage tax of Rs 25 will be collected every month from the people of the state on the basis of the number of toilet seats in their homes.
