No service to colonies refusing to pay RST— DMC

Eastern Mirror Desk Dimapur, July 12 (EMN): The Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) will discontinue its services to those colonies that are not paying the Residential Sanitary Tax (RST) to DMC. This resolution was passed by DMC at a review meeting held with colony councils and Gaon Buras (GB) under DMC jurisdiction on “Door to door collection of waste” at the Town Hall in Dimapur on Thursday July 12. “For appointment of GB or any other official records, the total number of household in a colony will be as per the list of RST submitted by the respective colonies to the DMC,” this was mentioned in the resolution passed by the council. The DMC administrator, Moa Sangtam at the meeting reminded those colonies that have submitted the RST only for the year 2017 are to submit the same by the end of July 2018 failing which services will be discontinued in the event of failure to submit the RST. In connection with door to door collection of waste, the administrator also informed the house to report directly to him in case of any negligence on the part of the DMC sanitation staffs in the execution of the prescribed duties. During the review meeting the members present suggested that the defaulting colonies should be called for a meeting and know their concerns so that together they can discuss the issues. Also, the members urged upon the respective colonies under the DMC jurisdiction to actively participate and cooperate with the council for a better and cleaner Dimapur.