Gurugram to rename ‘garbage pickup fee’ as ‘sanitation charge’; residents call it ‘extra tax

After facing the ire of residents implicit ‘garbage collection’ charges successful the 2026-27 spot taxation bills, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) is readying to proceed collecting the levy aft renaming it arsenic ‘sanitation charge’.

Gurugram Mayor Raj Rani told The Hindu that charges listed nether ‘garbage collection’ volition beryllium called ‘sanitation charge’. She said the revised caput volition screen each sanitation and cleaning enactment by the corporation, including roadworthy sweeping and sewage pipeline cleaning. The nomenclature volition beryllium updated connected the MCG website, she said.

However, Sushant Lok I and II Residents’ Welfare Association (RWA) president Pawan Yadav termed the projected sanitation complaint an “extra tax” connected residents. “Sanitation successful the metropolis is successful a pathetic state, with garbage and debris scattered everywhere. Before imposing an further load connected residents, the corp should archetypal guarantee that the metropolis is clean,” helium said.

Bills issued by the MCG implicit the past fewer months person included automated garbage postulation charges ranging from ₹200 to ₹600. RWAs reason that the MCG does not supply reliable door-to-door postulation oregon discarded segregation successful galore sectors, which forces residents to prosecute backstage vendors for ₹100 to ₹200 per month.

‘Inadequate service’

The RWAs person termed the civic body’s garbage postulation interest “double payment” for a work that they assertion is either non-functional oregon inadequate crossed ample parts of the city.

Gaurav Singla, a nonmigratory of Sector 43, said his spot taxation measure included the garbage postulation interest contempt the corp not providing the work successful his area. “We wage ₹100-150 a period to backstage vendors. Now, the MCG is besides charging america without providing the service,” helium said.

Mr. Singla added that homeowners had small prime but to wage arsenic a ‘No Dues Certificate’ from the corp is mandatory for spot transactions.

DLF City RWA wide caput Manish Dhawan said the contented was brought to the attraction of country councillor Jyotsana Yadav, who raised it successful a House meeting, but nary solution had travel retired of it. “We get galore messages connected WhatsApp groups with residents raising this issue,” helium said.

Residents and RWAs person demanded that the MCG either rotation backmost the complaint successful areas without the work oregon archetypal guarantee that door-to-door postulation and segregation is carried retired earlier imposing the levy. They person called the existent billing “double taxation” connected households that are already paying backstage vendors for discarded pickup.