MCD to use drones to survey industrial area properties for tax assessment

In a first, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will use drones to survey properties in the city's industrial areas for tax assessment, officials said on Tuesday.

This will help in verifying details submitted by residents of their properties while paying tax, an MCD official said.

The MCD has invited bids to conduct a drone-based survey through an agency for the purpose of tax assessment. The last date to submit a bid is March 16.

This will be the first time that the MCD will be utilising drones to survey properties falling in industrial areas in the national capital.

The MCD has decided to use drones after the success of a pilot project last year. On a pilot basis, a survey was carried out in Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area on Mathura Road last year, an MCD official, associated with the project, told PTI.

After the success of the survey there, the civic body has decided to deploy the technology in other areas as well, he said.

The survey will help verify the exact use of