The Hindu 23.03.2011
Budget proposes revenue of Rs.210.35 crore
No fresh proposals in view of model code of conduct
Deputy Mayor P.T. Abdul Latheef, who is also the Finance standing
committee chairman, on Tuesday, presented the budget proposals of the
city Corporation for 2011-12 at the council hall here.
The budget proposes a revenue of Rs.210.35 crore and an
expenditure of Rs.196.57 crore, with a surplus of Rs.13.78 crore. The
revenue comprises a carryover of Rs.14.81 crore from last year’s budget,
a revenue account of Rs.108.54 crore and a capital account of Rs.86.98
crore.
The proposed account expenditure is Rs.92.26 crore and capital expenditure Rs.104. 48 crore.
Prof. Latheef also presented the revised budget with a
revenue of Rs.133.41 crore and expenditure of Rs.118.59 crore for
2010-11.
There were no new proposals in the budget in view of the
model code of conduct imposed by the Election Commission. However, the
budget set aside allocations for various segments, including maintenance
of roads and buildings, sanitation works and productive purposes.
The outlay proposed in the revenue expenditure for road
maintenance is Rs.34.74 crore; building maintenance, Rs 2.07 crore;
parks and ponds, Rs.52 lakh; drinking water, Rs.15 lakh; drainage, Rs.11
lakh; sanitation, Rs.23 lakh; street lights, Rs.52 lakh; productive
schemes, Rs.1.8 crore and repair of immovable properties of erstwhile
Elathur, Beypore and Cheruvannur-Nallalam grama panchayats, Rs.4.73
crore.
The proposed capital expenditure in various sectors are
maintenance of office buildings, Rs.1.93 crore; road construction,
Rs.46.67 lakh; tarring and concreting of roads, Rs.8.99 crore; municipal
governance, Rs.18.9 crore; drainage, Rs.29.52 lakh; poverty
alleviation, Rs.80 lakh; crematorium, Rs.47 lakh and stadium, Rs.14
lakh.
The civic body expected to obtain a sum of Rs.22.05
crore from property tax, one of the top revenue earners. The other
revenues are likely to come from professional tax, Rs.13 crore; rental
fee from buildings and land, Rs.11.25 crore; advertisement, Rs.1 crore;
Dangerous and Offence Trade Licence, Rs.1.65 crore; bus stand fee, Rs.
50 lakh; and construction of building, Rs.70 lakh.
Prof. Latheef said the participation of the State
government and the Centre was inevitable for the comprehensive
development of the city. All these years, the civic body had
successfully implemented the schemes of the State government and Centre.
The Corporation had submitted a Rs.1.64-crore project
under the Service Level Benchmarking in e-governance of the Union
Ministry of Urban Development. The Centre had allotted Rs.49.2 lakh as
first tranche.
The civic body had also prepared the City Development
Plan to avail itself of the benefits under the Jawaharlal Nehru National
Urban Renewal Mission, he said.
In her introductory address, Mayor A.K. Premajam said
the previous council had taken steps to obtain funds for schemes drawn
up by the Centre for municipal corporations. The City Development Plan
would cover the city, including Beypore, Nallalam-Cheruvannur and
Elathur grama panchayats that were recently merged with the Corporation
and the Olavanna grama panchayat on the outskirts of the city. The total
population was 6.57 lakh in the 140-sq.km area.
Better governance
However, municipal governance needed some more
improvements, especially the interface between officials and the people.
The cooperation of all councillors was required to bring in
developments, Prof. Premajam said.