The Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) adopted a surplus budget of
Rs. 1.5 crore for the fiscal year 2017-18 at its general body meeting
here on Monday.

The budget presented by CMC president Meenakshi
Bannanje showed the total receipts at Rs. 100.72 crore, while the
expenditure has been projected at Rs. 99.22 crores.

The budget has set aside Rs. 2.81 crore for the welfare of the SCs, STs.

This
includes construction of toilets, underground drainage system, water
supply connection, providing electricity, health insurance, repair and
construction of community halls, and anganwadis.

An amount of Rs. 95 lakh had been allocated for enhancing greenery in the city.

Six
new gardens would be developed in different parts of the city,
including Kalmady Bridge, Bailoor, Kodavoor, Lakshmi Nagar, Kasturba
Nagar, and Indira Nagar. Saplings would be planted in every municipal
ward to increase green cover.

An
amount of Rs. 21 crore has been allocated for the repair and
construction of roads, drains and footpaths, while an amount of Rs. 1.33
crore has been set aside for repair and construction of storm water
drains along the roads.

To facilitate smooth movement of vehicles
and pedestrians, new traffic circles would be constructed at
Beedinagudde, Mission Compound, End Point Junction, Brahmagiri ,and
Narayana Guru Mandira under the Public Private Participation (PPP) mode.

As
the present CMC office was facing constraints of space, a new CMC
office would be constructed on one acre of land where the Old Taluk
Office was located here. The total cost of this project was estimated at
Rs. 10 crore. The CMC had decided to allot Rs. 2 crore from its funds
for this purpose.

Three hi-tech bus stands would be constructed at
Malpe, Manipal, and Udupi. The Detailed Project Report for the
construction of the hi-tech bus stand at Manipal was ready.

Since
people were found to be continuously violating rules and throwing
garbage in public places, the CMC would install CCTV cameras in select
places to identify persons who were throwing garbage and impose fines on
them.

The weekly market being held at Santhekatte close to
National Highway 66 was being shifted to place near Veerabhadra Temple
and a market building would be developed there at a cost of Rs. 1.5
crore, Ms. Bannanje further said.