The Chennai Corporation Council, which met on Thursday, adopted a total of 76 resolutions including those seeking approval for bids for construction of stormwater drains under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), restructuring trade licence fee for commercial establishments, imposing licence fee for pet dogs and modernisation of eight burial grounds, .
Mayor M. Subramanian said that bids for projects under the JNNURM for Mambalam-Nandanam canals catchment area for Rs.100.60 crore, central Buckingham Canal catchment area for Rs.38.15 crore and South Buckingham Canal catchment area for Rs.34.43 crore had been settled.
Around 40,000 small establishments including fancy shops, provision stores, tea stalls, small eating houses, saloons and confectionary stalls would.
From April 1, 2009, shops were classified into two – those having area up to 1,000 sq ft had one rate and those above that. But after trade representatives met Mayor M.Subramanian, the restructuring was taken up.
Shops having area of up to 500 sq ft would have to pay Rs.500, those from 501 sq ft to 1,000 sq ft would have to pay Rs.750 and those having above 1,001 sq ft Rs.3,000. Officials said the move would help bring in additional revenue.
A resolution to modernise and landscape 10 burial grounds including those at Kasimedu, Otteri, Vyasarpadi, GKM Colony, Krishnampet, Kannamapet, Besant Nagar and Moolakothalam, was also adopted.
Pet dog owners in the city would now have to shell out Rs.50 as annual licence fee for each dog. It is estimated that around 75,000 dogs were being brought up as pets. Before collecting the fee, the dogs would be immunised free of cost by the Corporation.
The rent for Sir Pitti Theagaraya Hall in T.Nagar has been fixed at Rs.8,000 for six hours.
