India, March 24 -- With just a few days left in the financial year, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) will keep property tax payment counters open from 9:45 am to 9 pm until March 28, said officials on Sunday.

Furthermore, on March 29 (Friday), March 30 (Saturday), and March 31 (Sunday, also Gudi Padwa), the counters will stay open till midnight - or until the last citizen is served - to ensure maximum convenience, they said.

PCMC has set a property tax collection target of Rs. 1,000 crore for the financial year 2024-25. Of these, as many as Rs. 878 crore have been collected till 23 March and Rs. 122 crore tax dues are pending.

Avinash Shinde, assistant commissioner of the property tax department, PCMC, said, "The speci...