The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation conducted the Property Tax Parishkaram (PTP) program in all its 18 Circles, on Sunday.
The GHMC received 457 applications under this programme. Of them, 178 applications have been sorted out.
The Deputy Commissioners were all instructed to sort out the remaining issues in the next one week.
The Property Tax collection this year has crossed Rs 200 crores - as of today, about Rs 204 crores have been collected from more than 4 lakh tax payers. Last year till June, the overall collection was only Rs 91.16 crores.
This year, Monday (June 30) is the last date for payment of Property Tax without penalty. From 1st July onwards, 2% penalty will be levied. Property Tax payment can be made through Bill Collectors / Citizen Service Centres / Mee Seva Centres, or online. All the Citizen Service Centres will remain open on Monday till 8pm. (INN)