Bengaluru Homeowners Face Tax Notices Over Parking Area Details

Imagine you own a house in Bengaluru, and the government has an online record of all properties.

This record, called e-Khata, is supposed to have all the correct details.

Recently, the government sent out notices to many homeowners because the online record showed the wrong size of their property.

The notices said they didn't include their car parking space in the total area of their property, meaning they might have been paying less tax.

Many residents were very upset because they felt it was a mistake.

Some officials said that the system itself, not humans, spotted these errors.

But some admitted that a technical issue caused the notices to be sent to many people who shouldn't have received them.