The new year is going to bring another massive challenge for the civic body, which is already fighting the biggest battle of 2020 - the COVID-19 pandemic. With a collection of less than 11 per cent of the targeted property tax till December 25, the BMC is lagging far behind this year compared to the last two years.

In the fiscal year 2020-21, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had targeted to collect R6,768 crore in property taxes. However, as of December 25, it has managed to collect R727 crore, much less than the Rs 1,637 crore collected till December 13, 2019, and R2,495 crore till December 2018.