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In the coming year, the development sector seems to be getting the most importance as Rs 166.89 crore has been earmarked for it. Income from the general departments has been mentioned as Rs 382.57 crore.
There are plans to spend Rs 32 crore on new roads and Rs 20 crore on maintenance of roads, including those under the MC and PWD. Rs 10 crore is to be spent on new bridges while Rs 1 crore has been kept for their maintenance.
There is good news for all environment lovers. The MC budget has proposed Rs 7.5 crore for parks. While nothing has been spent on solid waste management projects in the past few years, in the coming year, MC plans to spend Rs 5 crore.
MC has plans to work for development of slum colonies as well for which Rs 27.5 crore has been earmarked in the coming year while in the current fiscal the expenditure in this sector was not more than Rs 2.5 crore.
The Establishment Branch, comprising House Tax, Horticulture, Fire Brigade departments, has been allocated Rs 102.5 crore as against the current fiscal’s Rs 91.5 crore.
LET’S SAVE ENERGY
Save electricity seems to be the mantra of the corporation this year. This year, expenditure on power incurred due to streetlights and tubewells is a whopping Rs 46.50 crore. Last year, the bill was not more than Rs 40 crore. The figure does not include power bills of offices. The bill should not come as a shock as streetlights remain switched on even during the day in many areas. Many tubewell operators, too, forget to switch off tubewells after the scheduled water supply time. Many tubewells have faulty motors which consume more electricity. The MC seems to be studying all these aspects in detail so as to cut down on this expenditure. In addition to this, the Punjab State Electricity Board has already asked all government offices to install compact flourescent lights (CFL) which consume only a fifth of power consumed by the usual lights.
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