Indian Express 19.11.2009
AMC to table its annual budget for 2010-11 in December
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has decided to table and approve the annual budget for 2010-11 by end of December, foreseeing civic polls to be held in October 2010. The municipal commissioner will present the budget by December 10, so that the General Board can approve it by the month-end.
Sources said the budget may have some fancy, cosmetic announcements, but overall, there won’t be much scope for an extravagant budget.
Municipal Commissioner I P Gautam said the AMC had a lot of current projects under JNNURM and the BRTS dedicated corridors, therefore, there will be some or no new projects.
He added that the budget size might not be as big as expected. The municipal commissioner will present the budget by the second week of December for consideration of the Standing Committee and the General Board.
Preparations for this at the zonal level are in full swing with officials working out allocations for wards coming under their jurisdiction.Gautam said 90 per cent of the proposals under the 2008-09 budget were at different stages of execution and by the end of this financial year, all will be completed.
“Work on 60 per cent of the projects is in progress, while work orders have been issued for rest of them. Only 10 per cent of the projects will be carried forward to the next fiscal year,” he said.
