43 more commercial units sealed in Faridabad

Tribune News Service

Faridabad, October 19

Continuing its drive against property tax defaulters, the Municipal Corporation Faridabad (MCF) authorities have sealed another 43 commercial units for not paying their property tax to the tune of Rs 40.53 lakhs in the past two days. With around 159 units sealed earlier under the ongoing drive, the number of such units in the city has gone up to 202 so far.

Aim is to recover Rs125 CRore dues

The target of the drive is to recover around Rs125 crore pending for the past several years. Three units which cleared the pending amount of Rs1.93 lakh on the spot were spared from the sealing action on Tuesday. The units may be de-sealed as soon as these clear the dues. — Yashpal Yadav, Commissioner, MCF

Revealing the details of the sealing action carried out on Monday and Tuesday, an official of the civic body said 36 units owing property tax dues to the tune of Rs 29.77 lakh were sealed on Tuesday. These include 15 units in the NIT zone, 16 in Ballabgarh zone and five units in Old Faridabad zone of the Municipal Corporation. Besides these a total of seven units which have failed to clear their pending dues of around Rs 10.76 lakh were sealed on Monday. Claiming that the sealing drive will continue till the recovery of all dues, Yashpal Yadav , Commissioner, MCF said the target of the drive was to recover around Rs 125 crore pending for the past several years. He said three units which cleared a pending amount of Rs 1.93 lakh on the spot were spared from the sealing action on Tuesday. The units may be de-sealed as soon as these clear the dues, he added.

It is reported that while the number of total units sealed so far in the ongoing drive has gone up to 202 till date, the total amount pending towards these units is Rs 2.41 crore.