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“The land and estate departments have failed to maintain the records of its rented properties and the civic body was in loss of huge revenue. There are also complaints that few persons were making money by renting the civic property on their own,” said Nilesh Nikam, leader of the house.

The standing committee took areview of the budget implementation by the administration.

“The water supply department has failed to achieve its target as it has been able to collect Rs 12.66 crore asa against the Rs 104 crore target of the year," he said.

Chairman Arvind Shinde said that it was found that only 40 per cent of the 36,000 installed water meter are functional and the administration has been asked to clarification on the failure of water meter.

“There should be action against civic staff that neglected non functional water meter," he said adding the administration has also been asked to take action against illegal hoardings as only Rs six crore has been collected of fees as against the target of Rs 25 crore.

The octroi deparment has collected Rs 632 crore so far as against the target of Rs 912 crore for the year. "The octroi department is confident of achieving the target. The department has also been asked to GPS and scanning system to check octroi evasion," Shinde said.The property tax collection has been Rs 318 crore as against Rs 451 crore, the administration has been given powers to seal the properties defaulting tax.