Online payment system launched in Mangaluru to collect rent on MCC properties
Mangaluru: A digital payment system was officially launched on Thursday by Mangaluru City Corporation Mayor Manoj Kumar at the MCC office on Thursday for collection of rent from tenants of MCC properties, including commercial complexes, market areas, function venues and open areas.
The MCC earns revenue of Rs 3.4 crore annually from the 1,070 shops it owns in 30 markets on Kudmul Ranga Rao Road, Town Hall, Dr. BR Ambedkar Bhavan and open grounds at Urwa, Kadri, Yemmekere, Jeppu, Kavoor, and the Nehru Maidan, reports Times of India.
Tenants on all such areas may pay their rent through www.mccportal.in, instead of physically visiting the MCC office. This new system also enables shop owners in the markets to settle their rental dues through the web portal.
The mayor, however, clarified that people who wished to book open grounds and function halls would have to visit the MCC office, where the staff will handle the online booking on their behalf. He further explained that the rule was implemented as a precautionary measure, as permitting direct online bookings could potentially lead to misuse and deliberate blocking of these facilities.
Manoj Kumar said that a private firm had developed the new online payment system at a cost of Rs 3.5 lakh.
MCC officials opined that the use of an online payment system would prevent any act of corruption. A QR code might also be introduced by the Corporation to prevent unauthorized hoardings within Mangaluru City limits. While the MCC earns an annual rent up to Rs 2.5 crore from hoardings, a survey of the hoardings was launched and people who had taken the hoardings on rent were asked to submit details to the Corporation officials, they added.
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Bomb threats to Delhi Secretariat, Assembly, Red Fort and two schools declared hoax
New Delhi (PTI): Multiple institutions, including the Delhi Secretariat, Delhi Assembly, Red Fort and two schools in the national capital, received bomb threats via email on Monday, which were later declared hoax, officials said.
An official of the Delhi Fire Services confirmed that Delhi Secretariat, Delhi Army Public School in Dhaula Kuan and Air Force Bal Bharti School on Lodhi Road received bomb threats.
The threat emails were also received on the official ID of the Delhi Assembly and its Speaker at 8 am, reportedly from the Khalistan National Army, sources said.
Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta asked the Delhi Police for immediate appropriate action on the bomb threat received on his personal email id.
"The Speaker, Delhi Legislative Assembly has desired that immediate necessary appropriate action be taken in the matter and an investigation be carried out to trace the source of these emails keeping in view the serious warnings about the bomb blast threats to Delhi Legislative Assembly Secretariat and Speaker in person," the Speaker office in a letter to Delhi Police Commissioner said.
The threatening emails mention “Delhi banega Khalistan” (Delhi will become Khalistan) and read that there will be blasts in Delhi Army School, Red Fort and Metros in the next three days.
The emails claimed a blast at the Delhi Army school at 1.11 pm, Vidhan Sabha at 3.11 pm and Red Fort at 9.11 am today, they said.
After receiving the threatening emails, the administrations of both schools informed authorities in the morning, a senior police officer said.
As a precautionary measure, the premises were evacuated, and thorough search operations were carried out, the officer said.
"After nothing suspicious was found, it was declared a hoax," the officer added.
An Aam Aadmi Party leader and former MLA, Dilip K Pandey, in a post on X said, "Today, I received a bomb threat on my personal email ID, and since the matter was related to public safety, I have immediately forwarded the email to Delhi Police."
Upon receiving the information, teams from the Delhi Police, the bomb disposal squad, dog squad and Delhi Fire Services rushed to the spots and cordoned off the areas around the schools and other locations.
"We are verifying the source of the emails and further investigation is underway," the officer added.
The cyber cell has been roped in to trace the origin of the emails and identify the sender. Search operations are continuing.
