Chittagong Bureau :
Chittagong City Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin declared first budget of his tenure after two months of schedule date of as the newly- elected Mayor assumed charge as city mayor on July 26 last.
Within 40 days of his assumption as City Mayor, this budget is announced for the financial year of 2015-16 for Tk.1632.78 crores.
This is the ever largest budget of the corporation , a CCC sources said. The budget for the immediate past fiscal was Tk.1,195 cr. The budget announcement was given before the budget session meeting arranged at City corporation auditorium yesterday afternoon in presence of all councilors, journos and heads of all departments and senior CCC officials . As per rules of the Local Govt (City Corporation) Act-2009, a copy of the budget proposal should be sent to the concerned ministry .
In the proposed budget, estimated incomes shown from three head of taxes Tk.481.75 crores including outstanding tax and holding taxes of Tk.216.95 cr. Realisation of current holding taxes shown Tk.125.27 and Tk.139.53 cr in other head of taxes .
Estimated development budget for the city during the fiscal proposed for Tk.972 cr receivable from govt grants and Tk.38.70 cr from other sources. Out of the development grants, highest budget for Tk.785.10 cr will be spent for city development projects including renovations of roads, culverts, canals and waterlogging.
The second highest expenditures of Tk.197.43 cr in the proposed budget determined for salary, allowances etc. and wages of the city corporation officials and workers including temporary and work charged staffs. Beside the new budget for 2015-16, revised budget for Tk.432.13 crores announced for fiscal 2014-15 also placed in the budget session.
Chief Executive Officer of CCC Kazi Md. Shafiul Alam told The New Nation that this budget for 2015-16 was prepared as per directives of the new mayor .He said this budget highlighted the problems of city waterlogging and city development activities.
Chittagong City Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin declared first budget of his tenure after two months of schedule date of as the newly- elected Mayor assumed charge as city mayor on July 26 last.
Within 40 days of his assumption as City Mayor, this budget is announced for the financial year of 2015-16 for Tk.1632.78 crores.
This is the ever largest budget of the corporation , a CCC sources said. The budget for the immediate past fiscal was Tk.1,195 cr. The budget announcement was given before the budget session meeting arranged at City corporation auditorium yesterday afternoon in presence of all councilors, journos and heads of all departments and senior CCC officials . As per rules of the Local Govt (City Corporation) Act-2009, a copy of the budget proposal should be sent to the concerned ministry .
In the proposed budget, estimated incomes shown from three head of taxes Tk.481.75 crores including outstanding tax and holding taxes of Tk.216.95 cr. Realisation of current holding taxes shown Tk.125.27 and Tk.139.53 cr in other head of taxes .
Estimated development budget for the city during the fiscal proposed for Tk.972 cr receivable from govt grants and Tk.38.70 cr from other sources. Out of the development grants, highest budget for Tk.785.10 cr will be spent for city development projects including renovations of roads, culverts, canals and waterlogging.
The second highest expenditures of Tk.197.43 cr in the proposed budget determined for salary, allowances etc. and wages of the city corporation officials and workers including temporary and work charged staffs. Beside the new budget for 2015-16, revised budget for Tk.432.13 crores announced for fiscal 2014-15 also placed in the budget session.
Chief Executive Officer of CCC Kazi Md. Shafiul Alam told The New Nation that this budget for 2015-16 was prepared as per directives of the new mayor .He said this budget highlighted the problems of city waterlogging and city development activities.
