Commissioner of Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) Kailas Jadhav on Monday directed officials to take action against defaulters who have dues over Rs 1 lakh in property and water taxes.
Jadhav has also set the target of recovering 50% of the property tax dues and 75% of the target revenue collection set for this financial year by the end of the current fiscal. The directive of the civic chief comes in the wake of the drop in the NMC’s revenue collection that has been hit following the Covid-19 outbreak.
“There are 238 water tax defaulters who have dues over Rs 1 lakh. These defaulters altogether have water tax dues amounting to Rs 10 crore. I have directed the officials to recover at least Rs 8 crore from them,” said Jadhav.
Moreover, there are over 3,700 defaulters who have property tax dues of over Rs 1 lakh. So far, the NMC has collected Rs 82 crore as property tax in the current fiscal compared to Rs 110 crore collected during the corresponding period last year.
Of the Rs 132 crore-target set as revenue collection from water taxes for this fiscal, the NMC has managed to collect only Rs 25 crore so far.