The Hindu 15.09.2010
Finance panel funds reduced
Staff Reporter
VISAKHAPATNAM: The development programmes to be taken up with the funds provided under the 13 {+t} {+h} Finance Commission should be scaled down from Rs.375 crore to Rs.206 crore as the quantum (of funds) has been reduced, said Municipal Commissioner V.N. Vishnu
At a preparatory meeting on Tuesday ahead of the corporation general body meeting on September 18, he said that the APIIC had been asked to make a presentation on the purpose for which it wanted to transfer of some land for industrial parks at Tunglam, Fakir Takya and Aganampudi.
He said the GO on sanitation being implemented as night work was handed over under packages.
Steps should be taken to take up sanitation work on contract basis according to government orders. However, there should be no feeling of insecurity among workers.
For the modern lighting proposed between Hanumantavaka and Kommadi, government approval was required as the estimates crossed Rs.3 crore.
Mr. Vishnu directed Additional Commissioner (Finance) P. Purnachandra Rao to first take steps for payment of salaries to teachers and revision could be made after notional increments were sanctioned.
The ADC (F) said for 150 teachers the government had to grant notional increments and for the remaining July salaries would be released.
