ENA State 2023-06-10 15:53:04 <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Nashik, June 10 (KNN)</strong> Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) announced the rollback of the fire cess for industries located in the Ambad industrial estate in Nashik, effective from April 1.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">J C Borse, executive engineer (Nashik region), MIDC, told TOI that MIDC has rolled back the fire cess. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3B9mZSj"><img alt="FOLLOW US on GOOGLE NEWS" src="https://knnindia.co.in//uploads/gallery/GoogleNews.jpg" style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; height:95px; margin:1px; width:299px" /></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">We have given a letter in this regard to the industrial association. Moreover, the fire station of the MIDC in Ambad will also be handed over to the NMC administration shortly, he said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">A decision in this regard was taken by Santosh Warick, the chief fire officer of the MIDC, during a meeting with MIDC officers and representatives of industries recently. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Earlier, only the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) would recover fire cess from industries in Ambad MIDC area. But after construction of the new fire station in Ambad, the MIDC also started levying fire cess on over 2,500 industries in Ambad from April 2019.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The industries had opposed double imposition of cess and sought a roll back of the MIDC cess. While the NMC administration would charge a fire cess of Rs 31 paisa per sq metre, the MIDCs fire cess rate was Rs 4.54 per sq metre. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The industries were opposing the fire cess for the past 2-3 years, saying it was not possible for them to pay the fire cess to both the authorities.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The industries had also pursued the issue with the industrial department of the state government.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">State industry minister Uday Samant during a meeting in Nashik around six months back had directed the MIDC to roll back the fire cess. However, the industries will have to pay the fire cess dues till March 31, 2023.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Nikhil Panchal, president, AIMA, said, It is really a positive development that the MIDC has finally rolled back the fire cess. The MIDCs fire cess charges were 15 times more than the NMCs. Hence, it was not affordable for us to pay fire cess to the MIDC. We had been pursuing the issue for many months. <em><strong>(KNN Bureau)</strong></em></span></p> 33662 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/state/midc-rolls-back-fire-cess-for-industries-in-ambad-maharashtra 2023-06-10 15:53:04 knnindia.co.in