BMC achieves 98 per cent of its property tax collection target

The civic body, which had set a target of collecting Rs 5,200 crore in fiscal year 2020-21, has managed to recover Rs 5,135 crore

After reeling under fund crunch for months and not being able to recover property tax till December last year owing to the pandemic, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has finally managed to collect 98 per cent of its target for the financial year 2020-2021. The civic body, which had set a target of collecting Rs 5,200 crore, has managed to recover R5,135 crore — an amount which is much higher than what it collected (Rs 4,161 crore) in 2019-2020.

It is also the BMC’s highest collection in the last 10 years. The maximum that was collected in this period (Rs 5,132 crore) was in the year 2017-2018. While civic officials claimed that it was difficult to collect the due amounts from various stakeholders considering the COVID-19 situation, the timely planning and strict action that was taken over the last three months, helped them make the huge recovery.

The highest amount of Rs 2,545.94 crore was collected from the western suburbs, while  Rs 1,509.52 crore was collected from the Island City and Rs 1,076 crore from the eastern suburbs. The highest amount (Rs 540.28 crore) in terms of wards was recovered from K East, which includes areas like Andheri East, Jogeshwari and Vile Parle. Following this, Rs 454.52 crore was collected from K West ward (Andheri West). Thereafter, Rs 411.25 crore was collected from H East ward (Bandra East).

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