The Hindu          29.03.2011

Udupi CMC adopts surplus budget

The Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) adopted a surplus budget of Rs. 1.83 crore for the fiscal year 2011-12 at its general body meeting here on Monday.

The budget presented by CMC president Kiran Kumar showed receipts at Rs. 80.52 crore while the expenditure had been projected at Rs. 78.69 crore.

Mr. Kumar said the CMC would spend Rs. 13 crore for land acquisition to widen and construct a 60-feet road from Tangadagadi to Kalsanka. The land acquisition process for widening the Diana Circle was in the final stages.

The Town Hall would be renovated at a cost of Rs. 4 crore. A mini open air theatre would be constructed at the Bhujanga Park under the second stage works. The Ayurveda Garden in the Eastern Section of the Park would be renovated.

An overhead tank would be built at Manipal at a cost of Rs. 1.2 crore. This would help in providing continuous water supply to the city.

A playground and an open air theatre would be built at the old Beedinagudde Dumping Yard at an estimated cost of Rs. 6 crore. A grant of Rs. 2.5 crore from the Chief Minister's Small and Medium Towns Development Programme and a special grant of Rs. 1 crore had been kept aside for the first phase works at Beedinagudde.

A programme was formulated to do door-to-door collection of garbage by dividing the city into 10 zones. The State Highway passing through Parkala area would be widened at an estimated cost of Rs. 3 crore. The CMC office would be computerised at a cost of Rs. 50 lakh.

A bridge would be built from Malpe to Padukere at a cost of Rs. 6 crore. Separate funds would be made available to meet any additional cost for the construction of the bridge and the connecting roads. A sum of Rs. 1 crore had been allotted for improving the traffic system in the city.