The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) is taking speedy actions in tax collection. Here 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 chain special camps were organised at various colonies here on Sunday for the tax payment, so that citizens could have an easy access to tax payment. On Sunday, a total of approximately Rs 89 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 27 defaulters and severed 37 tap connections.
While taking the speedy action in revenue recovery, the squad recovered the tax from zone 01 to 14. The squad took the similar action at all the 70 wards of the city from 9 am. The squad recovered approximately Rs 4 lakh at zone 01, Rs 5 lakh, at zone 02. The squad while taking action recovered the tax amount of Rs 2 lakh from zone 03, Rs 6 lakh from zone 04, Rs 1 lakh from zone 05, Rs 3 lakh from zone 06, Rs 17 lakh from zone 07, Rs 8 lakh, from zone 08, Rs 3 lakh from zone 09, Rs 4 lakh from zone 10, Rs 7 lakh from zone 11, Rs 2 lakh from zone 12, Rs 21 lakh from zone 13, and Rs 2 lakh from zone 14.
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. The squad has further appealed the citizens to pay the taxes till March 31 positively and contribute their bit in the better development of the city.