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Time of India
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- Time of India
Panchkula residents protest double garbage collection charges
1 2 Panchkula: Residents of various housing societies are expressing frustration over being compelled to pay double for garbage collection services. Despite hiring private door-to-door waste collectors, they are still being billed by the municipal corporation (MC) for the same service. Previously, following a dispute, the MC had waived these charges for two years. However, this year, residents were surprised to receive garbage collection bills again, even though they continue to pay their private collectors. Col Avinash Sharma, a resident of Sun City Parikarma in Sector 20, which houses 1,113 flats, voiced his concern, stating that the MC's system is designed for streets and independent houses, not for societies. He said residents are forced to pay both private collectors and the MC, as the latter's no-objection certificate (NOC) is essential for various administrative tasks in tehsils. Krishan Jindal, president of the RWA of another society in Sector 20, echoed similar sentiments. He pointed out that despite receiving no waste collection service from the civic body, residents are still being charged. He called the charges unjust and demanded that the MC either exempt societies from these fees or deploy its own waste collectors to serve them. Adding to the residents' grievances is the issue of some MC-hired waste collectors allegedly collecting monthly fee from residents, even though they are salaried employees of the corporation. While the MC claimed in a recent house meeting that such payments are made voluntarily, many residents disagree. One resident from the sector said their collector charges Rs 100 monthly, despite the fact that they already pay annual garbage collection fees to the MC. This has led to calls for a uniform and transparent policy to be implemented across the city. Another unresolved issue is the lack of refunds for residents who paid garbage collection charges during the waiver period. The MC has stated that it has written to the department of urban local bodies regarding the matter but has yet to receive a response. Mayor Kulbhushan Goyal clarified the MC's position, stating that there is no provision for waste collection from inside housing societies. According to him, the waste collection vehicles are designated to operate on roads and streets. He also explained that the charges collected by the MC are not solely for collection but also cover transportation and garbage processing.
Time of India
24-04-2025
- Time of India
Citylight resident duped of Rs 1Cr in policy fraud
Surat: In an online insurance policy fraud , a 74-year-old retired LIC officer from the Citylight area was duped of Rs 1 crore. The accused had been cheating the victim since 2014 as he transferred a total of Rs 1 crore in 125 bank transactions. The accused called from different numbers and told the victim to pay certain charges if he wanted his 10 insurance policies to mature. The accused also sent the victim fake letters from govt departments like Income Tax, RBI, IRDA, and Ministry of Revenue, among others. The fraud was unearthed by Surat cybercrime branch police while they were investigating another case. According to details, in 2014, the victim received a call from an unknown number as a person offered him an insurance policy. Lured by the promise of a good return, he took 10 policies from HDFC, LIC, Reliance Life, Future Plus, and Birla Sun Life and paid a Rs 9.19 lakh premium. After that, he did not pay any further premiums. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 10 Mysterious Photos That Cannot Be Explained True Edition Undo Since 2014, the victim received calls from various insurance advisors like Avinash Sharma, Rajesh Chavla, B K Verma, Vikram Singh Ravat, Gaurang Jaiswal, Aditya Shrivastav, and Priya, who demanded various charges for tax, code activation of policy, NOC for policy, and TDS so that the policies could mature and payment could be made to the victim. They also assured the victim that the charges would be paid back with the maturity. The victim started paying these amounts from April 2014 and made the last payment on Dec 30, 2024. He made 125 payments during this period, worth Rs 1 crore, in the hope that one day he would get all the amounts, including his policy amount, back on maturity. Since 2017, the accused also sent him letters from RBI, Income Tax, IRDA, and the Revenue Department with fake stamps so that the victim thought the charges were genuine. Meanwhile, recently, the Surat cybercrime team arrested a person named Sumit from Delhi in a policy fraud case. During his investigation, they found an entry of Rs 36 lakh in a bank account related to Sumit. They also found details of the 74-year-old victim on his phone. So, they called the victim on April 22 and informed him that he was being cheated by the fraudsters and asked him to report to the police station. When the senior citizen reached the station, he realised he was cheated and filed a complaint for Rs 1 crore cheating.
