India, June 2 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has made payment of garbage user charge an optional feature on the property tax submission portal, two months after it made it mandatory along with property tax collection, civic officials said. However, the user charge has not yet been completely rolled back.

Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh said that the BJP government had promised to provide relief from the property tax and as a first step the two charges have been de-linked.

"For people who were not able to file their taxes to avail the early tax filing rebate (till June 30), now they can opt out of the user charge option in the portal. The complete roll back will be decided by the standing committee formation," the mayor said.

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