India, Feb. 24 -- Bengaluru's municipal body, Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), uncovered property tax evasion worth Rs.318 crore across 13,600 properties in the second round of its technology-driven revision exercise. This brings the total recovery notices across two rounds to Rs.688 crore, covering about 23,600 properties, Munish Moudgil, Special Commissioner (Revenue), GBA, said in a statement.

The exercise, led by GBA's IT wing in collaboration with the National Informatics Centre (NIC), combines house-to-house GPS mapping, drone imagery and backend quality checks to compare declared built-up areas and usage patterns with on-ground realities, the GBA statement said.

"This exercise led to the detection of property tax evasion amount...