Implementing the instructions of Mayor Alok Sharma and BMC Commissioner Tejaswi S Naik, Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) squad is taking speedy action in revenue recovery. Under the speedy actions on tax collection being taken by Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC), the squad collected Rs73 lakh on Sunday.
Notably, on Sunday, the BMC squad organised special camps for tax collection in various areas of the city and the citizens also took full fledged advantage of these camps. Providing the citizens with the facility of easy tax payment, all the offices of BMC in wards are operational on weekends and other public holidays. In the similar effort, special camps were organised at various colonies on Sunday for the tax payment, so that citizens could have an easy access to tax payment.
On Sunday, a total of approximately Rs73 lakh was recovered including the property and water tax. Further, while taking stern actions against the defaulters under the revenue recovery camp, the BMC squad attached the properties of 23 defaulters and severed 60 tap connections. Notably, prior notices were issued to the defaulters and when the defaulters paid no attention over the notices, strict action was taken against them.
While taking the speedy action in revenue recovery, the squad recovered the tax from zone 01 to 15. The squad took the similar action at all the wards of the city from 9 am. The squad recovered approximately Rs5 lakh from zone 1, Rs5 lakh from zone 2. The squad while taking action recovered the tax amount of Rs1 lakh from zone 3, Rs6 lakh from zone 4, Rs1 lakh from zone 5, Rs4 lakh from zone 6, Rs4 lakh from zone 7, Rs3 lakh from zone 8, Rs5 lakh from zone 9, Rs4 lakh from zone 10, Rs6 lakh from zone 11, Rs2 lakh from zone 12, Rs6 lakh from zone 13, and Rs4 lakh from zone 14, Rs10 lakh from zone 15.
The BMC squad while taking the action has appealed to the citizens to pay the taxes on time and before the deadline in the respective ward offices of their area to save themselves from any stern consequence.