Lokmat News Network
Aurangabad, Dec 22:
The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has set a record in the collection of revenue, this financial year. In a span of nine months, the civic body has succeeded in collecting Rs 102.89 crore and it is hoping to touch the magic figure
of Rs 150 crore by March-end.
The property tax and water tax are the main sources of income, apart from the town planning section. The annual budget is dependent upon the collection. The property and water taxes are collected through nine wards (zonal) offices, while the town planning section collects revenue by issuing building permissions, occupancy certificates, approving layouts, marking plots or regularising illegal properties under Gunthewari Scheme. The AMC has constituted independent recovery squads in the jurisdiction of each zone office.
" The average collection of nine months, every year, is between Rs 65 crore and Rs 70 crore. However, the collection during the same period is Rs 102.89 crore, this year. In the past 50 days, our section collected an income of Rs 35 crore," said the acting deputy director (Town Planning) A B Deshmukh adding that in the next three months we hope of garnering Rs 150 crore by the end of March.
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The month-wise collection (in rupees) by nine zonal offices is as follows:
April - 4.90 crore
May - 4.80 crore
June - 6.35 crore
July - 11.44 crore
August - 9.10 crore
September - 17.76 crore
October - 15.16 crore
November - 18.72 crore and
December (20th) - 14.62 crore
Total - 102.89 crore