The Times of India 17.09.2010
Ward level budget works on track: Zagade
PUNE: The municipal commissioner Mahesh Zagade assured the standing committee of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) that the execution of budget works at the ward level was satisfactory and the civic administration was confident of completing the works as per the schedule.
"The standing committee recently reviewed the budget execution works and the municipal commissioner said that at ward levels nearly 80-90 per cent work process has started and tenders and estimates are ready. The standing committee also asked the municipal commissioner to expedite the other budget works," said Nilesh Nikam, leader of the house in the PMC.
Nikam said that the standing committee had decided that party leaders should decide the fate of municipal commissioner Mahesh Zagade's proposal suggesting a three per cent cut in capital works proposed in the 2010-11 budget to pay for the works of the previous year.
The civic administration has admitted before the standing committee that the PMC has issued tenders for works worth Rs 852 crore, while the already committed expenses of the civic body is Rs 1,300 crore. This takes the total expenditure to above Rs 2,100 crore.
However, the civic body's total income last year was just Rs 1,951.54 crore. In its Rs 3,196-crore budget for the year 2010-11, the PMC has earmarked Rs 1,987 crore (44 per cent) for capital expenditure and development work.
Zagade's proposal stated that the PMC has to make payments worth Rs 28 crore for the works mentioned in the budget for 2009-10. He has proposed cuts in ward level works.
"After a review of income and expenditure we are hopeful that there would be need to cut ward level budget to complete last year's pending works," said Nikam.
"The standing committee recently reviewed the budget execution works and the municipal commissioner said that at ward levels nearly 80-90 per cent work process has started and tenders and estimates are ready. The standing committee also asked the municipal commissioner to expedite the other budget works," said Nilesh Nikam, leader of the house in the PMC.
Nikam said that the standing committee had decided that party leaders should decide the fate of municipal commissioner Mahesh Zagade's proposal suggesting a three per cent cut in capital works proposed in the 2010-11 budget to pay for the works of the previous year.
The civic administration has admitted before the standing committee that the PMC has issued tenders for works worth Rs 852 crore, while the already committed expenses of the civic body is Rs 1,300 crore. This takes the total expenditure to above Rs 2,100 crore.
However, the civic body's total income last year was just Rs 1,951.54 crore. In its Rs 3,196-crore budget for the year 2010-11, the PMC has earmarked Rs 1,987 crore (44 per cent) for capital expenditure and development work.
Zagade's proposal stated that the PMC has to make payments worth Rs 28 crore for the works mentioned in the budget for 2009-10. He has proposed cuts in ward level works.
"After a review of income and expenditure we are hopeful that there would be need to cut ward level budget to complete last year's pending works," said Nikam.
