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HUBBALLI: Lok Sabha election has taken a toll on tax collection by the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation . We are not getting time to concentrate on our work,” he said.Veeranna Savadi, a BJP corporator, blamed HDMC revenue officials for not achieving the target. If they were serious about revenue collection from the beginning of the financial year, they would have accomplished the target by now. The target for collection of stallage fee was Rs 5.74 crore but only Rs 3.52 crore has been raised.The officials blame Lok Sabha election for the poor collection of tax. The target for the financial year was to collect Rs 2.21 crore but it managed to mop up only Rs 1.11 crore..