The Hindu 29.03.2011
Udupi CMC adopts surplus budget
The Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) adopted a surplus budget of Rs.
1.83 crore for the fiscal year 2011-12 at its general body meeting here
on Monday.
The budget presented by CMC president Kiran Kumar showed
receipts at Rs. 80.52 crore while the expenditure had been projected at
Rs. 78.69 crore.
Mr. Kumar said the CMC would spend Rs. 13 crore for land
acquisition to widen and construct a 60-feet road from Tangadagadi to
Kalsanka. The land acquisition process for widening the Diana Circle was
in the final stages.
The Town Hall would be renovated at a cost of Rs. 4
crore. A mini open air theatre would be constructed at the Bhujanga Park
under the second stage works. The Ayurveda Garden in the Eastern
Section of the Park would be renovated.
An overhead tank would be built at Manipal at a cost of
Rs. 1.2 crore. This would help in providing continuous water supply to
the city.
A playground and an open air theatre would be built at
the old Beedinagudde Dumping Yard at an estimated cost of Rs. 6 crore. A
grant of Rs. 2.5 crore from the Chief Minister’s Small and Medium Towns
Development Programme and a special grant of Rs. 1 crore had been kept
aside for the first phase works at Beedinagudde.
A programme was formulated to do door-to-door collection
of garbage by dividing the city into 10 zones. The State Highway
passing through Parkala area would be widened at an estimated cost of
Rs. 3 crore. The CMC office would be computerised at a cost of Rs. 50
lakh.
A bridge would be built from Malpe to Padukere at a cost
of Rs. 6 crore. Separate funds would be made available to meet any
additional cost for the construction of the bridge and the connecting
roads. A sum of Rs. 1 crore had been allotted for improving the traffic
system in the city.