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NAGPUR: Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) officials will hold discussions with officials of Central Railway (CR) on Tuesday about the octroi evasion from railway station.As per official sources, the meeting will be held at Central Railway's office at 12 noon. "The meeting will be held between assistant commissioner (octroi) Milind Meshram and divisional commercial manager of CR Mukul Kumar. NMC will seek the help of CR to strength the octroi collection system at the Eastern side of the railway station," said sources.There had been many allegations of octroi evasion from railway station in the past. Evidence for it came on Friday when a squad of NMC's octroi department caught officials of Railway Protection Force (RPF) itself red-handed while helping a trader evade octroi. Taking serious cognizance of the revenue loss to the NMC, chairman of standing committee Dayashankar Tiwari directed the officials of NMC to resolve the issue in association with the CR officials. Accordingly, Meshram has convened the meeting with CR officials.As per civic body officials, the cases of octroi evasion has increased.since shifting of parcel office and godown from Western side (main entrance) of the railway station to Eastern side (Santra Market). If everything goes right, NMC will be able to increase the revenue from octroi that is a major source of income for the civic body.