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Masula civic body approves budget

Friday, 31 March 2017 11:08 administrator
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The Hindu       31.03.2017 

Masula civic body approves budget

YSRC councillors pick holes in proposals

The Machilipatnam Municipal Council on Thursday approved the draft budget with an outlay of Rs. 168 crore for the financial year 2017-18.

The budget estimates were proposed by Chairman M. Baba Prasad, while the YSRC councillors picked holes in the preparation of the proposals, highlighting repetition of allocation for street lighting system and drinking water supply.

The council approved the budget proposals amid heated arguments between the councillors of the YSRC and the ruling party.

It was proposed in the budget to allocate Rs. 140 crore for development work including creation of additional road infrastructure and maintenance of drainage system.

An estimated Rs. 48 crore will be spent on drinking water supply and modernisation of the drainage system.

While Rs. 39 crore was allocated for the Machilipatnam municipality under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Rs. 6.28 crore will be spent on the development of parks, construction of the municipality building and interconnection of drinking water pipelines.

A total of Rs. 1.8 crore will be spent on the development of slum dwellings and Rs. 1.3 crore on education.

According to the budget estimates, the municipality will earn Rs. 4.43 crore from all kinds of taxes including the property tax.

Municipal Commissioner M. Jaswantha Rao and other officials were present.

 

Charachira fish fetch Corporation Rs. 40,000

Friday, 31 March 2017 11:06 administrator
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The Hindu       31.03.2017

Charachira fish fetch Corporation Rs. 40,000


Deputy Mayor Rakhi Ravikumar at the fish harvesting event at Charachira in Thiruvananthapuram on ThursdayS. GopakumarS_GOPAKUMAR  

Rs. 1.25 crore set aside for first phase of renovation of pond

Mayor V.K. Prashanth inaugurated the fish harvesting at the Charachira, one of the biggest ponds owned by the city Corporation, here on Thursday. In February last, 60,000 fishlings were released into the pond. On Thursday, the Corporation earned Rs. 40,000 from the sale of fish.

In his inaugural speech, the Mayor said that all water sources in the city would be cleaned up and used for drinking water purposes, under Haritha Keralam project of the State government. Fish farming would be taken up in suitable ponds to provide revenue for local groups. The Corporation had set aside Rs. 1.25 crore for the first phase of renovation of the Charachira. The renovation work would begin on April 7. The project will be executed in three phases at Rs. 4 crore.

 

Government to help local bodies salvage projects

Friday, 31 March 2017 10:25 administrator
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The Times of India       31.03.2017  

Government to help local bodies salvage projects

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state government has embarked on a set of remedial measures to salvage at least some projects under plan fund for the local bodies in the state in the wake of dip in utilization percentage.

The government has offered a solace for the local bodies which are on the verge of getting their funds lapsed owing to nil utilization by March 31. As per the decision of the local selfgovernment department, civic bodies can get their projects for the year 2017-18 approved by district planning committee (DPC) by March 31. If they manage to do so, such projects could be carried over to the next fiscal, thereby preventing lapse of funds.

"It is true that fund utilization was difficult for local bodies owing to many factors. We have given an opportunity to save funds in such a way that once the DPC approval is received, projects could be carried over. The finance department will issue an order on this regard within a week,'' said K T Jaleel.

This will also offer an added advantage for local bodies. With the DPC approving projects before March, local bodies would be able to start implementation by April. "Usually this process starts only by June or in some cases it gets even extended.Now, implementation of pro jects could start off in April itself which would en sure that we would be able to cover al most all projects well before March, 2018," said V K Prasanth, mayor, Thiruvanan thapuram corpora tion.

Finance minis ter T M Thomas Isaac recently told the assembly that the local bodies that failed to complete their projects in time would be able to carry over the plan fund to next financial year.

"The only condition is that the local bodies should have commenced the projects already . The funds of the projects that are yet to begin will be lapsed,'' said Isaac while replying query on fund utilisation in local bodies.
 
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