PMC asks FDA to acquire NOC from water dept whereas issuing, renewing meals licence

PUNE To gather tax dues and maintain a test on unlawful water connections, Pune Municipal Company (PMC) has requested the Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) to make it necessary to take a No Objection Certificates (NOC) from the water division whereas issuing and renewing meals licences.

Vikram Kumar, municipal commissioner, mentioned, “Earlier when municipal company use to challenge meals licences, the civic physique used to get NOC from water division which helped to gather tax dues. Now, we now have requested the FDA to proceed the identical apply.”

Earlier PMC’s well being division used to challenge meals licences to lodges and meals stalls. At the moment, it was necessary to take NOC from the water division. Whereas issuing NOC, the water division use to test if it’s a authorized connection and gather pending dues.

The state authorities requested the civic our bodies at hand over this work to the FDA, however FDA has stopped the apply to take NOC from the water division.

A senior officer from PMC requesting anonymity mentioned, “Many lodges and hawkers have unlawful water connections. If FDA stops issuing licences with out correct NOC, PMC would be capable to establish unlawful connections and penalise them and gather taxes which are due.”