Ludhiana MC intensifies dues’ recovery drive

Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, March 11

To meet the income target of the annual budget for the current financial year, the Municipal Corporation (MC) has intensified the recovery drive to collect the pending dues from the defaulters who have not deposited their property tax, water supply and sewer charges to the Municipal Corporation.

As it was a holiday today, a number of Municipal Corporation officials visited offices in view of the ongoing recovery drive.

Rs83-cr property tax collected till date

• MC Commissioner Pardeep Kumar Sabharwal had given strict instructions to the officials, including the zonal commissioners, to ensure recovery by the end of this month. MC’s superintendent Vivek Verma said they had collected around Rs83 cr as property tax till date.

Earlier, Municipal Corporation Commissioner Pardeep Kumar Sabharwal had given strict instructions to the officials, including the zonal commissioners, to ensure recovery by the end of this month. MC’s superintendent Vivek Verma said they had collected around Rs 83 crore as property tax till date.

The target to collect property tax for the current financial year (2020-21) is Rs 130 crore. He said noticed had been already sent to people and various government departments to pay their pending property tax at the earliest. He said the Suvidha centres of the MC would remain open on coming Saturday for tax collection.

Notably, the Municipal Corporation is yet to recover the pending property tax from the zila parishad office, DC office, Commissioner of Police office, bus stand and a number of other government departments.

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