South, north Delhi corporations to extend property tax payment deadline

NEW DELHI: The south and north corporations have planned to extend the deadline for paying property tax with rebate till July 31.
A senior official of South Delhi Municipal Corporation said that as soon as the file gets approval, a formal announcement will be made possibly by Tuesday evening. The move has come in wake of the difficulties faced by residents in reaching property tax offices during the corona pandemic.
Also, on one hand, there has been a rise in complaints of the new online portal not functioning properly and on the other, the corporations have not been able to organise tax collection camps in their areas unlike in the previous years, said residents.An official, however, claimed that over 1.25 lakh people have submitted the tax online, using the new website, which shows that the system is operating fine under the south corporation.
In North Corporation too, most of the residents complained about non-operational website causing hardship in filling online forms. And they also abstained from going to the property tax offices due to increasing chances of infection. North Corporation mayor Jai Prakash said that they have already moved the file.