The Aluva municipality’s annual fiscal budget for 2013-14 was
presented on Friday. Vice-chairperson of the council and chairperson of
the standing committee for finance Lisy Abraham presented the budget
before the council.

According to the budget, the expected total
income for the financial year 2013-14 is approximately Rs 29.95 crore
and the expenditure layout is estimated at `25.95 crore. The budget has
an anticipated reserved capital of Rs 3.99 crore.

While presenting
the budget, Lisy Abraham outlines the projects which have been
successfully completed during the last fiscal year, including the
installation of induction-lamps for all street lights, strict garbage
disposal measures and online payment system for remitting taxes through
which Aluva has become the first municipality to introduce e-payment in
the district.

The projects which are going to be implemented in
the present fiscal year, and for which funds have been allocated,
included expansion of the Aluva Railway junction. This has been a demand
pending for the last few years and provisions have been made to acquire
enough land for the required expansion.

Renovation of the
municipal parks, municipal town halls and public crematoriums has also
received priority. Expansion of various roads, including Asan Colony
Road, Indian Powran Road, LF Lane, and roads in Wards 14 and 17, where
traffic congestion is a major hassle, has also been charted out in the
budget. Rs 50 lakh has been earmarked for building a modern
slaughterhouse near the market, Rs 35 lakh has been allotted for
maintenance of water treatment plants, and enough funds for building a
new shopping complex on the northern side of the municipal bus stand
have been decided upon. Lisy Abraham said the cooperation from the
elected representatives and officials during the last budget year has
been laudable and added the council expected the same during the present
fiscal too.