With over Rs 160 crore of property tax pending from the 14 wards of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation falling in Salt Lake jurisdiction area alone, the civic body is taking up a special drive to collect the dues.
All the councillors are being given the due property tax bills of their respective wards. On Sunday, the councillor of Ward 41 Anindya Chatterjee personally visited a few tax payers who have huge outstanding left to be paid and handed them the tax bills, requesting them to clear the dues as early as possible.
“I personally visited some houses in my ward and requested the residents to pay the bills as early as possible. I will continue to visit several houses to hand over the tax bills in the next few days,” said Chatterjee, adding that about Rs 12 crore of property tax dues are pending from Ward 41 alone.
The civic authorities have stressed on increasing revenue earning from property tax collection in the budget proposal that was placed last week. The authorities are trying to mop up around Rs 100 crore from property tax by October this year before the tenure of the present board of councillors ends.
Tax payers can avail themselves of several options to clear their property tax dues. They can pay online from home or can pay through the kiosks installed in the civic body headquarters or can visit banks for the payment. Out of 41 wards under Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, 14 wards are in Salt Lake while the rest fall under the civic body’s Rajarhat jurisdiction.
“Apart from Salt Lake, more tax is due from the residents of Rajarhat. Most of them want to pay their dues, but are confused about calculating the amount,” said a civic official.
