Municipal tax based on Dutch model proposed

vijayawada: city mayor p anuradha said she was impressed with netherland's municipal taxation system and solid waste management and wanted to replicate them here. talking to reporters, anuradha, who returned here on saturday after a hudco-sponsored study tour of amsterdam, rotterdam and the hague, said the taxation system there was fully computerised.anuradha, the youngest woman mayor in the country, said user charges were automatically deducted from a person's salary every quarter and were also revised periodically. nobody could question the civic authorities' decision in this regard, she added. she said: "computers have entered every walk of life there and everything is very transparent. even ordinary citizen can know what jewels the queen has purchased by a click of the mouse." anuradha, who was part of the 33-member delegation of an international workshop, said 103 mw power is generated from a waste treatment plant there. "we must immediately take up at least a small scale solid waste management project." referring to property tax collection there, she said localities were segregated for different classes and all those residing in a particular area had to pay a fixed rate of tax.