India, April 29 -- Despite the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) previously penalising a private firm and expressing dissatisfaction over its performance, the civic body has appointed the same company to carry out the city's tree census.

Civic activist Vivek Velenkar has opposed the decision, alleging that the firm had earlier delivered poor-quality work while handling GIS-based property mapping and identification of unassessed properties for the PMC's property tax department.

"The company's work led to the cancellation of the 40% property tax concession for several citizens. Even today, many residents and the administration are occupied with correcting records through the PT-3 form process," Velenkar said.

He added that a committee for...