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 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. 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 work is being carried out with the help of geographical information system (GIS). The firm had deployed over 20 surveyors in the GIS team. In the past seven months, these surveyors have helped in identifying 10,000 new properties. At present, the team is working in Kananagar area.Last month, the civic body had directed the company to increase the number of their surveyors to 80 with a target of identifying 20 properties a day. The KMC is spending Rs 3.72 crore in the project. Once these properties are brought under tax net, the civic body will get additional revenue of at least Rs 7 crore annually.Property tax superintendent, Diwakar Karande , said, "If the firm fails to show progress in the assessment work, a fine of Rs 1,000 will be imposed on a daily basis. 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."

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