LUCKNOW, Feb. 18 -- The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) intensified its recovery drive and took coercive action against two major defaulters for failing to clear long-pending property tax dues amounting to over Rs.2.92 crore, an LMC release on Wednesday, read.

In Zone 2, which includes localities like Rajajipuram and other nearby areas, zonal officer Sanjay Yadav seized the bank account of UP Agro Industrial Corporation Limited located in Talkatora area, after the corporation failed to deposit Rs.94,04,294 in outstanding house tax dues pending as of March 31, 2020.

Officials said the civic body had issued multiple bills and demand notices and had also contacted the department personally to ensure payment. However, the corporation di...