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Around 1.19 lakh property holders paid tax totalling Rs101 crore in cash. Another 38,500 property holders paid Rs139 crore as tax until now.”Explaining the reason for an increase in tax collection, he said, “PCMC has sent notices to 80,000 properties owners, who owe arrears of over Rs5,000. Each of the department’s 16 divisional offices have formed teams that will seal the properties if the arrears aren’t paid. Pimpri Chinchwad: The civic body’s property tax department faces an uphill task of collecting Rs73 crore over the next two days to achieve its annual target of Rs525 crore for 2018-19.Speaking to TOI assistant commissioner Pravin Ashtikar of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) said, “The department has collected Rs452 crore until Friday evening from 3.07 lakh property holders.”Another PCMC official added, “There are 5.08 lakh properties registered with the department as of now. Almost all the defaulters have cleared their arrears.”The official said that the department will keep its offices open on March 31 until 6pm or until every person in the queues is able to pay the amount due as property tax..