Hyderabad, February 26: The non-cooperation movement by workers is hitting the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) and the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) badly.
The three service departments are reportedly losing between Rs.4 to Rs.5 crore daily. GHMC is losing Rs. 2 crore to Rs.3 crore, in form of property tax, trade licences, advertisement fee collection and building permission fees. HMWS&SB is losing between Rs.75 lakh and Rs.1.25 crore daily due to non-collection of water and drainage bills, charges for issue of new tap and drainage connections and collections of arrears. Meanwhile, HMDA is losing money due for giving building permissions.
GHMC officials said that in the last eight days, taxes, fees and other charges could not be collected due to workers not staying off. Water Board officials said daily collections have been stalled.
–Agencies