Nashik: The property tax collection of Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has increased by 25% to Rs144 crore so far in the current financial year (2023-24), against Rs114 crore collected during the corresponding period last year.In the first week of November, the Nashik Municipal Corporation served notices to 2.37 lakh property tax defaultersfor defaulting property tax worth Rs470 crore and gave a 15-day ultimatum to pay the dues.The tax dues are pending with them for four to nine years.The issuance of notices yielded a good result as the civic body could collect Rs25 crore property tax in the past three weeks.The NMC administration has set a property tax collection target of Rs210 crore for the current financial year and municipal commissioner Ashok Karanjkar has given a deadline of December 31 to the property tax department for meeting the target.The civic body still has to collect Rs66 crore in the next 30 days to meet the tax collection target.Moreover, Nashik Municipal Corporation officials said they have also decided to snap water connections of property tax defaulters from the first week of December. This will also help them to collect dues to some extent from the defaulters.The civic body officials said they would also start issuing warrants against the defaulters, giving them an ultimatum of the confiscation of their properties.NMC is also eyeing Rs25 crore property tax dues pending with the various central and state government offices. So far, they have collected Rs4 crore from two or three government offices.In the last financial year (2022-23), the civic body had collected Rs188 crore towards property tax, which was the highest ever property tax collection during the past 40 years of establishment.As per the guidelines of the 15th Finance Commission, the civic body has to collect property tax amounting to Rs 210 crore to get a government grant. Hence, the NMC administration has taken it seriously to meet property tax collection targets.We also published the following articles recentlyED provisionally attaches 31 immovable properties in Goa collectively valued at Rs 39 croreThe Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached 31 immovable properties in Goa, collectively valued at Rs 39.24 crore, as part of the ongoing money laundering investigation. Individuals involved in the illegal acquisition of properties, including Vikrant Shetty, Mohammed Suhail, and Rajkumar Maithi, are being targeted. The accused manipulated succession deeds and forged documents to update the land records and sell the unlawfully acquired properties. The EDs attachment of these properties aims to curb illegal acquisition and money laundering activities, with the investigation ongoing to bring the culprits to justice.Tiger 3 box office collection day 17: The Salman Khan starrer collects Rs 2.25 crore on third TuesdaySalman Khans Tiger 3 experiences drop in box office collections on day 17. The film is likely to collect over Rs 278 crore at the box office on its third Tuesday. Tiger 3 has achieved 400.50 crore in global box office earnings within just 10 days. Directed by Maneesh Sharma, the film is the third installment in the Tiger series. Emraan Hashmi joins the cast as the antagonist.

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