Tiruppur corporation puts on hold survey of properties for tax hike

TIRUPPUR: The Tiruppur city municipal corporation has suspended the process of re-assessing properties to revise property tax. Mayor N Dinesh Kumar made this announcement during the monthly meeting of the corporation council on Friday. He added that the annual property tax increase of 6% is common across the state and will be levied.

As soon as the meeting began, S Ravichandran, CPI councillor representing ward 29, said, “Tiruppur MP K Subbarayan, Tiruppur South MLA K Selvaraj and others submitted a petition to the chief minister demanding cancellation of the property tax hike. The state government has assured us that it will reconsider the property tax hike. Therefore, a resolution should be passed to suspend the property tax hike until the government provides a resolution.”

AIADMK councillors led by R Anbagam Thirupathi staged a walkout demanding the cancellation of the property tax hike. BJP councillor R Gunasekaran also walked out.