The illegal hoardings in the city are burning holes in the revenue of municipal corporations and the North MCD is the biggest loser among the three. According to data with the department, only South MCD is closer in achieving the revenue target while North MCD and East MCD have collected only a third of the revenue target.
‘So far the department has collected Rs 11.85 crore out of the target revenue of Rs 35 crore for the current financial year,’ said P K Gupta, commissioner of North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC).
In a written reply submitted to standing committee, the department has almost surrendered before contractors who put illegal hoardings and poles in its area. According to the rules of the corporation, it can blacklist the contractors, impose fines and cancel their contracts if any illegal unipole is found in their allotted area but the corporation has not taken any action against any contractor.
‘The number of illegal unipoles and hoardings in the area are many times more than the number of approved unipoles by the corporation,’ said Mukesh Goel, Leader of Opposition in North MCD.
‘There is increasing trend by traders to put sponsored hoardings and flex boards in the name of supporting religious functions to evade tax,’ added Goel.
According to the corporation it has sanctioned only 89 unipoles among which 48 are in Civil Line zone, 15 in Rohini zone, 10 in Karol Bagh zone, and five each in City and Nrela zone where hoardings for outdoor advertisements can be displayed.
The corporation has also identified 95 sites of unipoles in its area but it is yet be allotted to contractors. ‘Illegal unipoles and hoardings are put on all these 95 sites in connivance with the officers of the corporation,’ alleged Goel.
The standing committee chairman Yogender Chandolia expressed his reservations on low revenue collection and ordered the commissioner to fix the responsibility for immediate action in the matter.
East Delhi Municipal Corporation (East MCD) which has 145 unipoles in the area have achieved over Rs 4 crore of the Rs 12 crore target.
Only South MCD has achieved over 95 per cent of the target.
‘By end of the January of the current financial year we have collected over Rs 43 crore out of Rs 45 crore revenue target of 2012-13,’ said Sushil Kumar, deputy commissioner, advertisement of South MCD. ‘We will exceed the revenue target by the end of the financial year,’ added Kumar.
He further informed that the South MCD is coming up with a new advertisement policy to plug the loopholes which will give teeth to the department to nail the offenders and increase the revenue mainfold.
‘So far the department has collected Rs 11.85 crore out of the target revenue of Rs 35 crore for the current financial year,’ said P K Gupta, commissioner of North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC).
In a written reply submitted to standing committee, the department has almost surrendered before contractors who put illegal hoardings and poles in its area. According to the rules of the corporation, it can blacklist the contractors, impose fines and cancel their contracts if any illegal unipole is found in their allotted area but the corporation has not taken any action against any contractor.
‘The number of illegal unipoles and hoardings in the area are many times more than the number of approved unipoles by the corporation,’ said Mukesh Goel, Leader of Opposition in North MCD.
‘There is increasing trend by traders to put sponsored hoardings and flex boards in the name of supporting religious functions to evade tax,’ added Goel.
According to the corporation it has sanctioned only 89 unipoles among which 48 are in Civil Line zone, 15 in Rohini zone, 10 in Karol Bagh zone, and five each in City and Nrela zone where hoardings for outdoor advertisements can be displayed.
The corporation has also identified 95 sites of unipoles in its area but it is yet be allotted to contractors. ‘Illegal unipoles and hoardings are put on all these 95 sites in connivance with the officers of the corporation,’ alleged Goel.
The standing committee chairman Yogender Chandolia expressed his reservations on low revenue collection and ordered the commissioner to fix the responsibility for immediate action in the matter.
East Delhi Municipal Corporation (East MCD) which has 145 unipoles in the area have achieved over Rs 4 crore of the Rs 12 crore target.
Only South MCD has achieved over 95 per cent of the target.
‘By end of the January of the current financial year we have collected over Rs 43 crore out of Rs 45 crore revenue target of 2012-13,’ said Sushil Kumar, deputy commissioner, advertisement of South MCD. ‘We will exceed the revenue target by the end of the financial year,’ added Kumar.
He further informed that the South MCD is coming up with a new advertisement policy to plug the loopholes which will give teeth to the department to nail the offenders and increase the revenue mainfold.