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Question
Why did the children go to Yasmin Khala’s house?
Solution
The children went to Yasmin Khala’s house to find out whom they had to pay for the streetlight they had broken while playing cricket. Rehana’s mother told them that the Municipal Corporation took care of replacing street lights and that the best person they could ask would be Yasmin Khala as she had recently retired from the Municipal Corporation.
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Several poor people in the city work as domestic servants as well as work for the Corporation, keeping the city clean. Yet the slums in which they live are quite filthy. This is because these slums seldom have any water and sanitation facilities. The reason often given by the Municipal Corporation is that the land in which the poor have set up their homes does not belong to them and that slum-dwellers do not pay taxes. However, people living in middle-class neighbourhoods pay very little in taxes compared to the amount of money the Corporation spends on them in setting up parks, street lighting facilities, regular garbage collection, etc. Also as you read in this chapter, the property taxes collected by the Municipality make up only 25-30 percent of its money.
Why do you think it is important that the Corporation should spend more money on slum localities? Why is it important that the Municipal Corporation provide the poor in the city with the same facilities that the rich get?
Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below.
The cleanest city in India is
Fill in the blank with appropriate word to complete the sentence:
Gangabai rushed to the house of ____________.
State whether the sentence is true (T) or false (F).
Pune, being a big city, has a Municipal Corporation.
Very Short Answer Type Question:
Whose duty is it to replace the streetlights?
Very Short Answer Type Question:
Who takes decisions like where a park or a new hospital should go?
Very Short Answer Type Question:
What types of taxes people have to pay?
Very Short Answer Type Question:
Name two departments of the Municipal Corporation.
Very Short Answer Type Question:
How can common people keep their streets clean?
Long Answer Type Question:
Explain the Junctions of the Ward Councillor and the Administrative staff.
