The Barisal City Corporation on Thursday announced a 'less ambitious' budget of Tk 253,95,92,418 for the 2011-12 fiscal year while the revised budget stood at Tk 105,56,18,806 for 2010-11 fiscal.
The corporation has not imposed any fresh taxes on the city dwellers.
Implementation of about 75 per cent of the announced budget for the current fiscal depends on the availability of the government and non-government grants.
Barisal mayor Shawkat Hossain Hiron, after getting approval of the councillors in the morning, announced the 9th budget for the city on Thursday noon in the 'Nagar Bhaban' conference room in presence of the councillors, BCC and government officials and journalists.
The mayor pledged to make the city a drug addiction-free and child-friendly city providing healthy entertainment and amusement facilities and upgrading the corporation with the help of necessary manpower, funds and master plan.
The budget showed equal income and expenditure of Tk 253,95,92,418.
Tk 63.50 corer would be spent from BCC's own income and the rest of Tk 190.45 corer from the government and non-government allocations for development projects.
Income from own resources would be gained through rent and holding taxes, including their outstanding bills, advance money and fares, government's block allocation, trade license fees, permanent asset transfer fees, building construction tax, tax on leasing corporation's assets and selling of tender schedules.
The significant heads for expenditures are: Tk 57.33 crore establishment costs, Tk 190.45 crore for annual development programmes — expansion of city streets, garbage management and renovation of drainage system, water treatment plant and water supply, entertainment and beautification projects — Tk 14.75 crore for health, sanitation, environment and infrastructural development of the city.
Mayor Hiron, however, termed the size of the budget insufficient for providing the city dwellers with all necessary facilities and urged them to cooperate by paying taxes regularly so that the corporation could implement the announced budget smoothly.
Source : New Age
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