B'luru garbage contractors call off strike over service tax
Bengaluru's garbage contractors called off the strike over their pending service tax on Tuesday after Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) said that it would bear the tax arrears. While contractors alleged that the BBMP had not paid service tax amounting to â¹200 crore from April 2014 to June 2017, the BBMP maintained the disposal contracts were exempted from the tax.