YSRCP MLA from Srikakulam constituency, Dharmana Prasada Rao, has made some rather shocking comments on the garbage tax that the Andhra Pradesh government has imposed on the people of the state. Dharmana said that if people did not pay the garbage tax, then municipal workers would not be lifting the garbage from their houses. He said that everyone should rather throw their garbage in front of their own houses.
Furthermore, Dharmana asked what the problem was, in paying garbage tax, when the people feel that the government should help them out with their various schemes. The garbage tax has been announced to be Rs. 120 tax per household, per month, in municipalities and Rs. 30 per month, in each household in notified slums in municipalities. He asked how this was too much for anyone to pay.
Dharmana even directed the officials and staff in municipalities to ensure that the people pay garbage tax. On the other hand, his comments went viral on social media platforms with netizens taking a dig at Dharmana for warning people on the municipal staff dumping garbage in front of their homes if tax is not paid.