Ongole : OMC Commissioner holds meeting on property tax with ward secretaries

Ongole : Ongole Municipal Commissioner K Bhagya Lakshmi ordered the ward administrative secretaries and revenue staff to verify whether the property tax demands were sent to all houses or not and issue the demands if any of them were left unnoticed.

In the review meeting held with the staff in her chamber on Friday, the Commissioner ordered the ward administrative secretaries to create awareness among the people on pulse polio vaccination with the help of the Anganwadi workers and teachers.

She gave January 15 as the deadline for identifying the houses with no property taxes and imposing them. She advised them to conduct a door-to-door meeting in every secretariat limit on January 16 to explain the importance of taxes in the development of the town and ordered them to complete the collection of 100 per cent taxes by January 31.

The Commissioner said that every Friday, there would be a review meeting with the ward secretaries on the collection of taxes, resolution of urges, and others.

Later, the Commissioner inspected the toll-free complaint record system in the citizen charter, newly established council hall and record room on the corporation office premises.