GUNTUR:  The Guntur Municipal Corporation (GMC) is offering
interest exemption on property tax for housing and commercial property
owners till December 31. Consequently, municipal commissioner C Anuradha
has urged taxpayers to clear their dues within the next seven days.

Anuradha conducted a review meeting with
revenue inspectors, bill collectors and administrative secretaries of
Guntur on Monday and directed them to collect property taxes from the
people within a stipulated time frame and reach the targets fixed by the
revenue department officials.

The corporation has also decided to conduct a special tax collection drive.

She ordered the administrative
secretaries to coordinate with bill collectors and revenue inspectors to
collect property tax from the public. She also urged the officials
concerned to conduct awareness campaigns pertaining to interest
exemption among taxpayers till December 31. She directed the bill
collectors to submit the list of defaulters to administrative
secretaries for speedy recovery of taxes from them. 

The municipal commissioner requested
citizens to send a copy of their tax payment receipt to GMC failing
which, their drinking water supply will be stopped.GMC additional
commissioner Bhagyalakshmi, deputy commissioner D Srinivasa Rao, revenue
officers SS Prasad and P Narsi Reddy  participated in the meeting.