DC Jayram read the budget for the Belgaum city corporation for the year 2014-15. He presented a surplus budget of 44 lakhs assuming he would have made more collections from property tax.
Main highlights of the budget:
In 2013-14 only 88530 property were taxed, this year 151000 is the target
Bifurcation of commercial-residential to re assessed
Random cross verification of self assessment scheme
4 new citizen service centres to be opened
CDP plan has been aproned hence there could be new constructions would come up
it is estimated to collect Rs.45 crores from property tax (19.5 crores collected in 13-14).
100 lakhs revenue expected from advertisements
Under Akram-Sakram scheme regularization of unauthorized constructions
763 lakhs estimated to be collected from building permission fees
130 laks estimated from trade licenses
33.21 lakhs set aside for gifts/moementos to honorable guests who have won state and national awards
300 lakhs for roads
50 lakhs for name plates for roads
48 lakhs for animal birth control measures
1100 lakhs for solid waste management
25 lakhs ward grant for each of the 58 wards for development works
Development of backward areas a sum of 900 lakhs set aside
4 welcome Arches to be built at entrance of Belgaum
250 lakhs for new office buildings
100 lakhs for bio gas project
300 lakhs for security of corporation property
75 lakhs for public toilets on pay and use basis
75 lakhs for bus shleters
100 lakhs special Mayor’s Fund which he can use for deelopment in any area under 5 lakhs in one ward
21 lakhs for purchase of new vehicles for Mayor, Dy,Mayor and Corporation commissioner
10 lakhs for special anti encroachment squad
5 lakhs for control of stray animals
RFP prepared for extension of 24×7 water supply to entire city
Awaiting GOI apprval for takking up work under UIDSSMT – 41 crores for road development of Patil galli and Shreenagar
525 lakhs for swimming pools at Hanuman Nagar, Azam Nagar, Ashok Nagar
40 lakhs for landscaping at Mal Maruti extension
1694 lakhs for road widening of Ramdev Galli, Ramling Khind galli, Mensi Galli, Raviwar peth and Kalmath Road.
Laser tek and musical fountains at Kote kere (lake) cost of Rs.2 crores
Badminton hall at Ashok Nagar and cricket stadium at Sardars ground
16 new gardens will be developed
loking for 1) budget figure of belgaum city, total revenue
Just wondering.
Has Belgaum Corporation cleared the dues payable by it to HESCOM.