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Surplus budget for Raichur CMC

Friday, 10 July 2009 12:18 administrator
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The Hindu 10.07.2009

Surplus budget for Raichur CMC

Staff Correspondent

Meeting marked by unruly scenes

 

CMC expected to receive Rs. 25 crore from ADB for various development works

Rs. 7.30 crore reserved for augmentation of drinking water supply

Raichur: The Raichur City Municipal Council (CMC) has approved a Rs. 1.22-crore surplus budget for 2009-10 at its general body meeting here on Thursday even as the Opposition Congress councillors protested describing the budget as “anti-development”.

A. Mareppa, president of the CMC, who chaired the meeting, presented the budget. U. Malleshappa, vice-president of the CMC, and Ramachandrappa, Commissioner, were present.

There was uproar after the presentation of the budget as some of the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) councillors argued with Mr. Mareppa alleging that he had provided false records while listing the implementation of several development works in the city.

Some councillors, including Opposition Leader G. Shivamurthy, T. Srinivas Reddy of the BJP and G. Thimma Reddy of the Janata Dal (Secular) raised objections to a remark Mr. Mareppa made while answering a question raised by Mr. Thimma Reddy.

The situation went out of control when Mr. Srinivas Reddy took a water bottle and threw it at the podium and Mr. Thimma Reddy jumped on to a table to give vent to his anger over Mr. Mareppa’s remarks.

The police had to come in to try and control Mr. Srinivas Reddy and Mr. Thimma Reddy. The situation was brought under control with the intervention of M. Eranna, BJP councillor and former president of the CMC.

Presenting the budget, Mr. Mareppa said that an income of Rs. 7.23 crore was expected for 2009-10 from property tax, water cess and other sources. The budget anticipated an expenditure of Rs. 5.40 crore towards payment of salaries to employees and Rs. 5.82 crore towards payment of electricity bill for which the CMC expected grants to be released by the Government. He said the CMC was expected to receive Rs. 25 crore from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to take up various development works in the city. It expected a grant of Rs. 5 crore from the Government for improvement of roads and land acquisition and Rs. 62 lakh from the Backward Regions Grant Fund. It also expected Rs. 85 lakh from funds allocated to elected representatives.

Giving details on the proposed implementation of the ADB-assisted project, he said that Rs. 7.30 crore was reserved for augmentation of drinking water supply, Rs. 2.50 crore for construction of storm-water drains, Rs. 3 crore for construction of open drains, Rs. 5 crore for road widening, Rs. 1 crore for construction of toilets and Rs. 1.10 crore for asphalting of existing roads.

Last Updated on Friday, 10 July 2009 12:21
 

MCC-MSEZL accord on sewage treatment plants

Friday, 10 July 2009 12:09 administrator
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The Hindu 10.07.2009

MCC-MSEZL accord on sewage treatment plants

Staff Correspondent

Talks on MoU draft are in final stages: Mayor


TAKING STOCK: Mayor M. Shankar Bhat (third from right) inspecting the compost plant at Pachchanady in Mangalore on Thursday.

MANGALORE: Mayor M. Shankar Bhat said here on Thursday that Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) and Mangalore Special Economic Zone Ltd (MSEZL) will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on maintaining four new sewage treatment plants (STPs) and using of water treated at those plants.

Addressing presspersons after visiting a sewage treatment plant at Mullarakadu and the compost plant of the corporation at Pachchanady, along with the officials and councillors, he said that MSEZL had evinced interest in using the water treated at the STPs. He said that talks on preparing the draft of MoU were in the final stages.

The Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) has built two STPs for the city corporation at Mullarakadu and Pachchanady. In addition, the KUIDFC is building two more STPs at Jeppinamogaru and Surathkal. The completed STPs are yet to be commissioned and handed over to the city corporation. The Mayor said that the new STPs could be commissioned only after the work of laying the underground drainage pipes (UGD) in the city was completed. Only 50 per cent of the UGD work had been completed, he said.

When the Mayor and his team visited Mullarakadu, Y. Prasad, a processing engineer there, explained to the team members that while treating the sewage water, methane gas would be generated, which could be used for generating electricity. The Mayor said that the compost plant at Pachchanady was operating well. However, the team could see that there was no roof for the room meant for storing inert materials.

Last Updated on Friday, 10 July 2009 12:18
 

Wanted: land to dispose waste

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Wanted: land to dispose waste

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Heaps of half-burnt garbage may have catastrophic effect on the environment

 

Most of the 12 municipalities in the district facing the problem

In Tenali, the small area of 6.7 acres is hardly enough to dump waste

GUNTUR: A drive down the GBC Road towards Chirala through Bapatla will not pass without the revolting sight of heaps of garbage lying on the road side in front of the electrical sub station. The low lying area in front of a Christian burial ground is being used as a waste dumping yard by the municipality, causing heart burn to many living in the area, which has a missionary hospital and a junior college close by.

The problem at Bapatla is symptomatic of the problems being faced by most of the 12 municipalities in the district grappling with the problem of unavailability of a suitable garbage yard, leave alone the scientific disposal of waste. Heaps of half-burnt garbage could have catastrophic effect on the environment and could impair the health of the people.

At a meeting held in Guntur, the municipal commissioners of all the 12 municipalities explained the initiatives taken by them to acquire land for garbage disposal.

Guntur Municipal Corporation was fortunate as the district revenue authorities handed over about 76 acres at the foot hills of Kondaveedu fort enabling the corporation to transport nearly 350 metric tonnes of waste generated per day. Municipal Health Officer P. Rama Rao said on Thursday that the GMC would soon have a scientific land fill at the yard in Kondaveedu, which is the most efficient way of disposing and recycling of domestic waste.

But other municipalities, including Tenali, Bapatla and Ponnur are still struggling to acquire suitable lands. Municipal Commissioner of Bapatla, Niranjan Reddy said that they have zeroed on in a site of 5. 4 acres in Mulapalem. The BMC is also looking at two sites of 15 acres of each, one on the GBC Road and another on the Pedanandipadu Road.

In Tenali, the small area of 6.7 acres is hardly enough to dump 95 metric tonnes of waste and the municipal authorities had scouted for a 25 acre plot near Kolakaluru, while in Poonur the municipal authorities were keen to acquire two additional acres at Nidubrolu.

“The Central Government has allocated a huge chunk of funds for the scientific disposal of garbage and there is no dearth of funds. We hope that the Municipalities in coordination with the Revenue department will finalise the sites soon,” said Regional director of Municipal Administration D. Karuna Chandra Babu.

Last Updated on Friday, 10 July 2009 12:09
 
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