Directorate of Information & Publicity
Government of NCT of Delhi

DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY
GOVERNMENT OF DELHI
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New Delhi: 01/02/2016

• Delhi Cabinet passes resolution requesting hon’ble LG to direct the DDA to pay Rs 1,575 crore dues to the MCDs
• Comparative data shows highest non-plan fund release by Delhi govt this year to MCDs
• PWD and DJB teams continue round the clock cleanliness drive
• Garbage being disposed at landfill sites; Dhalaos also being cleaned by workers
• PWD operations continuing round the clcock since over 60 hours now

Delhi cabinet, in its meeting chaired by the Deputy Chief Minister Mr Manish Sisodia on Monday passed a resolution requesting the hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Delhi to direct the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to immediately pay its outstanding tax dues of atleast Rs 1575 crore to the three Municipal Corporations.

This will facilitate immediate release of salaries to sanitation workers, teachers and doctors by the North and East Municipal Corporations.

As per the information provided by the Municipal Corporations their outstanding dues against the DDA are as follows :

1) East MCD : Outstanding dues upto the period ending 31/03/2016 is Rs 353,18,74,177

2) North MCD : It has calculated the Property Tax at around Rs 808 crore

3) South MCD : As on date, total outstanding amount against DDA is Rs 593, 08, 23,787

As per the directions of the hon’ble High Court of Delhi, series of meetings have been convened by various authorities, including the Chief Secretary on 31/10/2015, Additional Secretary, Union Urban Development Ministry on 10/11/2015 & 16/11/2015, Principal Secretary, Urban Development, Delhi Government on 27/11/2015 and finally Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi on 21/01/2016, to resolve the issue, but the DDA has not complied so far.
 

Therefore, the Delhi government has now requested the hon’ble LG, who is also the chairman DDA, to direct this organization to pay the long outstanding dues of the three corporations.

DEPUTY CM RELEASES DATA OF LAST FOUR YEARS TO NAIL THE LIE ABOUT FUNDS GIVEN TO THE THREE CORPORATIONS

Please find below the amount released by successive Delhi governments under the non-plan to the three Municipal Corporations since 2012. The data also makes it clear that except the current financial year, each year, the outstanding loan was deducted from the money given to the corporations : (It is clear that the highest amount was released this year) :