Hyderabad, Sept. 9 -- In a bid to increase its revenue from property tax, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) here has begun linking Property Tax Identification Numbers (PTINs) with Electricity Service Connections (USCs) of the Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TGSPDCL). With this, anyone paying residential tax while using it for non-residential purposes will be detected.

Under the project, which is being undertaken in collaboration with M/s Soulpage, a total of 96,938 residential PTINs have been successfully linked to non-residential USCs in the zones under the GHMC said the civic body in a press release..

While carrying out the project, residential PTINs were matched with non-resident USCs to ...