The Hindu 01.04.2010
Rs. 79.16-lakh surplus budget for MUDA
Staff Correspondent
| Rs. 373.49 crore expected as income |
Rs. 372.70 crore estimated as expenditure
Rs. 50.40 crore set aside for new layout projects
MYSORE: Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Commissioner P.C. Jayanna on Wednesday presented a budget with a surplus of Rs. 79.16 lakh for 2010-11. MUDA expects Rs. 373.49 crore as income from various sources and the estimated expenditure for the year has been put at Rs. 372.70 crore.
Mr. Jayanna presented the budget at a special meeting chaired by Deputy Commissioner P. Manivannan, who is also MUDA Chairman.
In the meeting, revised budget proposals of 2009-10 were presented and the revised estimates amounted to Rs. 121.05 crore.
It seemed the budget did not enthuse the members who were curious to know why the 2009-10 budget proposals were not fully implemented. The budget lacked “newness”, they said.
Land acquisition
Like previous years, a major portion of expenditure will be towards acquisition of land for new layouts.
As per the latest MUDA estimate, 1.5 lakh applications seeking sites are pending with MUDA.
Therefore, its priority is for formation of new layouts. Though it could not distribute sites at Rabindranath Tagore Nagar, which was awaited most by site aspirants, in 2009, MUDA has proposed six new layouts for 2010-11.
New layouts
They are Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Nagar (covering Lingambudi and Yadahalli villages), Swarna Jayanthi Nagar (Halalu, Chowdahalli), Lalithadripura second stage (Lalithadripura), Shanthaveri Gopalagowda second stage (Hosahundi, Bandipalya and Uttanahalli), Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar second stage (Chikkahalli, Choranahalli and Yandahalli) and Rabindranath Tagore Nagar second stage (Kergalli).
Mr. Jayanna said Rs. 50.40 crore had been set aside for the new layout projects and completion of layouts announced in the previous budget.
Highest expenditure
The highest expenditure will be towards acquisition of land for the proposed layouts. This year, Rs. 75 crore had been earmarked for land acquisition, payment of compensation for land acquired for outer ring road (incomplete stretch) and land acquisition at Kergalli, Nadanahalli, Sathagalli and Rammanahalli villages (following increase in compensation owing to a court order).
A sum of Rs. 45 crore had been set aside towards its share of project cost for the development of the outer ring road (ORR) from two-lane to six-lane under JNNURM, completion of the ORR stretch between Bannur Road and Nanjangud Road and construction of railway over bridges across ORR, Mr. Jayanna said.
“Owing to technical reasons, work on the stretch was not taken up though we allocated Rs. 6.05 crore last year,” he said.
The villages where MUDA acquired land for layouts can hope for basic amenities as Rs. 13 crore has been set aside for providing drains and roads.
The villages which are now part of the city include Alanahalli, Nadanahalli, Srirampura, Kalalawadi, Lingambudi Palya, Shivapura and Bandipalya.
Parks
This year too, parks will be developed and the garden at the government guesthouse will be developed on the lines of Cubbon Park in Bangalore. A sum of Rs. 4.54 crore has been set aside for development of parks.
Markets
Despite no takers for its mini markets developed in the layouts, MUDA has allocated Rs. 97 lakh for construction of new markets.
Mr. Jayanna said Rs. 15.97 crore, including Rs. 13 crore towards caution deposit and loan repayment and Rs. 10.02 crore for administrative expenditure and salary of the staff, had been earmarked.
He said Rs. 15 crore had been earmarked for construction of houses for lower income groups, Rs. 10 crore for group housing for SC/STs, Rs. 9.97 crore for Ashraya project, Rs. 82 lakh for rejuvenation of lakes, Rs. 2.12 crore for heritage park in K.C. Layout, Rs. 2 crore for planting saplings, Rs. 2.54 crore for improvement of crematoriums, Rs. 29 lakh for development of children's park, Rs. 5 crore for sports complex in Vijayanagar first stage, Rs. 87 lakh for developing rehabilitation centres for beggars, Rs. 2.70 crore for construction of a gallery on the Bannimantap grounds, Rs. 2 lakh for construction of a road in Metagalli, Rs. 1 crore for making preparations for formation of satellite towns, Rs. 1 crore for making preparations for joint development of layouts with farmers, Rs. 3 crore for roadwork in the city, Rs. 14 crore for projects recommended by MUDA members and Rs. 4.5 lakh for water supply in layouts.
Greater Mysore
Mr. Jayanna said that Rs. 2.50 crore had been set aside for the revised proposal on the Greater Mysore concept.
