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KOLHAPUR: The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation on Friday decided to impose a fine of Rs 1,000 for each of delay in property assessment work in the city.During a standing committee meeting, the corporators demanded information on property assessment work which is being conducted after a decade. The wards A, B and E are big in size and considering the progress of work, completion of the work in time is doubtful. The corporators were annoyed that the company which has been assigned the work has completed assessment work for just two wards -- Wards C and D -- in the past seven months.Satyajit Kadam of Tararani Aghadi said, "The work will not get completed in the next seven months. Also, the owners of new properties will get notice to register their properties as the tax bills for the current financial year will be issued soon." "The work is being carried out with the help of geographical information system (GIS)..