Team Blitz India
MUMBAI: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the richest civic body in the country has collected Rs 2,213 crore through property tax in the current fiscal.
The highest chunk of Rs 174.15 crore was collected in the KWest ward in western suburbs, followed by the S-ward (Rs 170.77 crore) and H-East ward (Rs 168.34 crore). The civic body collected Rs 9.51 crore property tax from government-owned properties.
Among the top 10 property owners whom the department pursued for collection of the tax was a private company from the S-ward in the eastern suburbs. The property tax bill of the company was Rs 49.12 crore, followed by another company from G-south ward in the city having a Rs 20.84 crore property tax bill.
The department is focusing on the recovery of large arrears of property tax in the city and its suburbs.
The civic body also highlighted that continuous efforts are being made in different ways to meet the property tax collection target for 2023-24. Its 24 ward offices are continuously witnessing a heavy rush of citizens for payment of property tax, the BMC said.
