The Birgunj Metropolitan City (BMC) has collected more than Rs 360 million taxes in nine months of the current fiscal year.

In the last nine months of the current fiscal year, it was able to collect Rs 167 million in revenue.

The metropolitan city collected Rs 127 million from property tax and Rs 45 million house rent.

The city has been imposing tax under 24 headings.

Chief of revenue division at the metropolitan city, Manoj Karna, informed that they were able to collect Rs 29 million more tax than that collected last year. It is a good improvement, he said.