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Subsequently, the AMC re-initiated the tax recovery drive on January 12. Aurangabad: The Aurangabad civic body’s tax recovery drive from January 12 to January 31 ended on Thursday without achieving the set target.The civic body had aimed to collect Rs 23 crore during the 18-day drive. “Former municipal commissioner Om Prakash Bakoria had planned to conduct property assessment with the help of GIS mapping. Incidentally, the AMC could not push the major tax payers to clear their dues.According to additional commissioner Shrikrishna Bhalsingh, the AMC has been able to collect Rs 85 crore as property tax. The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) had offered a 50 percent discount on interest during the drive, which was initiated to collect the outstanding water and property tax from the citizens.Property tax of Rs 11.41 crore and water tax of Rs 1.27 crore were collected during the drive until Thursday evening, Mahavir Patni, who oversaw the recovery drive, said.Dues over Rs 516 crore were pending..