Manish Kumar, Patna. A major step has been taken towards making the property tax assessment system in the municipal corporation area more systematic, logical and transparent. Reclassification of a total of 112 roads in the capital has been approved. After the permission of the Urban Development and Housing Department, Municipal Commissioner Yashpal Meena has issued a formal order in this regard, which will be considered effective from May 19, 2025.
According to the order issued, 43 major arterial roads and 69 main roads were reclassified for the purpose of property tax assessment. This reclassification of roads has been done keeping in mind their commercial use, traffic pressure, road width and surrounding urban development.
It was clarified in the order that according to the provisions of Bihar Municipal Property Tax Assessment, Collection and Recovery Rules-2013, it is mandatory for the Municipal Corporation to review the classification of roads every five years. This process has been completed under this provision. Multipliers of property tax are determined on the basis of reclassification of roads and tax is determined accordingly.
The Municipal Corporation also clarified that the reclassification of roads will also affect the property tax already collected. Also, if necessary, further amendments can be made in the list of roads with the approval of the state government. The Municipal Corporation believes that this decision will make the property tax assessment system more equitable and transparent. With this, there will be uniformity in the tax system and the revenue collection of the Municipal Corporation is also expected to increase significantly.
Reclassification of these major arterial roads
Ashok Rajpath, Rajendra Path, Gandhi Maidan Roundabout, Exhibition Road, Fraser Road, Dakbungla Road, Bhattacharya Road, Nehru Path (Bailey Road), Khagaul Road, Station Road, Harding Road, New Bypass Road, Buddha Marg, Veerchand Patel Path, Boring Road, Boring Canal Road, SP Verma Road, Kankarbagh Old Bypass, Abdul Bari Path, Ramakrishna Avenue (Nala Road), Arya Kumar Road, Musallapur Road (Ramvriksh Benipuri Path), Gandhi Setu Road, Shershah Path, Bakarganj Bajaj Road, roads from Buddhamarg to Hindustan Times near Hoarding Road Station, Anugrah Narayan Path, Ashiana Digha Road, Chirayatand English Road, Congress Maidan Path, Golghar Park Road, Hanuman Nagar Road, Karbigahiya Road, Kidwaipuri Road, Mathura Sinha Prasad Path, New Sadak Road (Guru Govind Singh Path), Nalanda Medical College and Hospital Road, Naval Kishore Path, Rampur Road, Sahdev Marg, Saidpur Road, Sinha Library Road and Vidyapati Marg.
Reclassification of these main roads
Bakarganj Swamp Road, Dwarikanath Road, Kakarbagh Path No. 1 and 2, under Kankarbagh Colony, Chandmari Road, Gandhi Path, Road from Gaya Line Gumti to Sipara Gumti, Bank Road, Jamal Road, Gauraiya Toli Road, Gauraiya Toli Path, from next to D Lal Sons to Hotel Amar, road inside New Market parallel to Harding Road and all the connecting roads on both sides of Harding Road, Gurudwara Road, SP Verma Road. Sambandh Path, road south of Life Insurance Corporation from Fraser Road (up to Sinha Library in the west), road up to Dak Bungalow via Bandar Bagicha, Dr. Guha Path, path west of Heera Palace, path behind Kotwali Police Station, path from Agarwal Vastra Kutir to Anand Lok Hotel on Station Road, road from Exhibition Road to Mithila Motors (up to western end), Station Road northwards till Krishna Market Road end, Raja Market Path, Nema Place Road, Kulhadia House Road, the road going east from north of Vikram Hotel (up to Jaiswal House and the road connected to it), the road going north-west adjacent to Ahluwalia Trading.
Apart from this, the road going east from SP Verma Road, the road going on both sides of Chandni Chowk, the road going west from Kankarbagh Purana Bypass to Bahai Bhawan (path connecting Kankarbagh Path No. 1), the road going east from Kankarbagh Purana Bypass to Tiwari Bazaar (path connecting Kankarbagh Path No. 1, the road going west from Kankarbagh J-Sector Vijay Market to Ramakrishna Dwarka Mahavidyalaya), Birla Mandir Road. (Dr. Damodar Pra. Path), Govind Mitra Road, Makhaniyan Kuan Road, Dr. Vidhan Chand Rai Path (Khajanchi Road), Bhikham Das Thakurwari Road, Prithvi Raj Path, Sabzibagh (Dariapur), Chitragupt Nagar Road, Lohia Nagar Defense Colony Kankarbagh Road, Mahatma Gandhi Road, BM Das Road, Annie Besant Road, Kunkun Singh Lane, Sandalpur Road, Ramna Road, Dargah Road, Janak Kishore Path, Nabav Bahadur Road, Morcha Road, Masarganj Lane, Khajekalan Ghat Road, Rambagh Lane, Chamdoria Road, Kumhrar Sandalpur Road, Gulzarbagh Station Road, Sadar Gali Road, Marufganj Road, Machharhatta Gali Road, Tulsi Mandi Road, Biscomaan Road, Hajiganj Road, Patna Ghat Road, City Hospital Road, Chimni Ghat Road, Harimandir Gali and Sudarshan. Path.