More sectors, villages within Faridabad MC limits now

Tribune News Service

Faridabad, February 2

With the addition of 27 residential sectors and 24 villages to the functional area of the Municipal Corporation (MC), its coverage has grown by 59 per cent.

The limits of the MC now include 75 residential sectors and 62 villages. The MC is the largest civic body in the state.

“The operational area, which included 48 residential sectors and 38 villages till December 31, had expanded with the inclusion of 51 residential areas, for which a notification was issued last month,” said an official.

He said the authorities had begun the exercise for a property tax survey in the new areas. The annual income from property tax, which was about Rs 50 crore, was likely to go up by 60 per cent, he said.

Municipal Commissioner Yashpal Yadav said instructions had been issued to prepare property IDs in the newly added areas.

Claiming poor facilities, Satinder Duggal of the Neharpar Vikas Morcha said a separate civic zone for Greater Faridabad should be formed to speed up development works before levying property tax.