PRAYAGRAJ: New software for online assessment and payment of house and water tax has yielded an impressive results in tax collection for Prayagraj Municipal Corporation (PMC).
Chief tax assessment officer PMC PK Dwivedi said, “The PMC has collected around Rs 53 crore till Sept 2024 against the house tax of 1.2 lakh houses againt a collection of only Rs 36 crore till September 2023, showing an increase of around Rs 17 crore in tax collection. This year, 2.23 lakh houses have been identified for house tax, whereas the number was 1.61 lakh last year.”
In the 2023, the total tax collection by the PMC was Rs 104 crores. Meanwhile, the PMC has extended the date of 10% rebate on house and water tax till Oct 31.
In another important decision of the PMC executive meeting, the work of road repair would start soon to make all the roads pothole-free during the upcoming festivals. Moreover, roads will be inspected at regular intervals, and a report will be submitted to the officials concerned. Many more proposals were approved in the meeting chaired by mayor Ganesh Kesarwani. To resolve the issue of waterlogging the PMC will undertake the work of cleaning the drains itself.
Besides, it was also decided that tax will not be collected in Naini Industrial Area. Fifty-four Gram Samaj lands or govt lands have been identified in the extended areas. Construction will be done here for the corporation. However, the PMC will not collect tax in Naini Industrial Area, but BNS will do the same.
A proposal was also passed to hold regular cultural programmes on the major ghats of Ganga-Yamuna to promote tourism and detailed action plan would be prepared for the same in the upcoming meetings.
It was also decided to provide walkie-talkie sets to 80 officers, and to plant 40,000 saplings in 1.25 hectares in Ustapur, Jhunsi. In other important decisions, obscene advertisements would be removed from intersections and damaged wires will be replaced after an inspection.
