The Hindu 27.02.2013
MCR to notify defaulters list
As the financial year is drawing to a close , the
Municipal Corporation of Rajahmundry (MCR) has intensified tax
collection. Municipal Commissioner M. Jitendra along with his deputy V.
Ravindra at a media conference on Tuesday announced measures to collect
the arrears.
Mr. Jitendra said the MCR had collected
Rs. 17.29 crore out of Rs.21.77 crore house tax dues. He appealed to
people to pay house tax immediately without waiting for deadline. He
clarified that government has already announced that there will be no
waiver of interest on late payment of property tax or water tax as it
was done earlier and people should not expect any waiver this time.
He
said they had collected only Rs.1.72 crore out of Rs.19.93 crore of
vacant land tax in the city. He said if any one failed to pay the vacant
land tax consecutively for three years, their land will be confiscated
first and be auctioned later. However, he maintained that they had
succeeded in collecting 99 percent rents from municipal shops which
amounts to Rs.1.17 crore out of 1.27 crore.
Deputy
Commissioner Mr. Ravindra said they want to display the names of
defaulters and a large amount of pending cases in website and also
through public notices. He said they want to make tamuku in front of the
defaulters.
