‘Fire tax’ among key proposals in Rajkot Municipal Corporation’s Rs 3,112-crore annual budget
Titled ‘Liveable Rajkot’, the Rajkot civic body’s annual budget for 2025-26 proposes to create an "inclusive, sustainable, and thriving urban environment" for city residents.
The move comes after a massive fire at TRP Game Zone in the city killed 27 people in May last year. The Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) in Gujarat has proposed a “fire tax” on residential and non-residential properties in its Rs 3,112.29 crore budget for 2025-26 tabled by Municipal Commissioner Tushar Sumera before the Standing Committee Friday.
The move comes in the wake of the massive fire at the TRP Game Zone in the city’s Nana-Mava locality that killed 27 people in May last year.
The budget, titled ‘Liveable Rajkot’, also proposes to create an “inclusive, sustainable, and thriving urban environment” besides an increase in taxes pertaining to property and door-to-door garbage collection.
The proposed fire tax aims to overhaul and strengthen the city’s fire safety infrastructure and will be calculated at Rs 15 per square metre for residential and Rs 25 per square metre for non-residential properties.
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