With an eye on the ensuing civic body election due this year, Indore Mayor Krishna Murari Moghe presenting the last budget of his tenure on Tuesday tried to please all sections of the society by not imposing any new taxes, lest putting any fiscal strain on their pockets. In a budget aimed at pleasing every class of the society, Moghe while reeling out his priority for the city in the coming years in his budget has made ample budgetary provisions for infrastructural development of Indore to make it a world class city.
While reading out provisions of his budget at the historic Gandhi Hall, Moghe also gave the biggest relief to the city people by waiving off their water bills up to March 2012. Other major hallmark of this year's budget is a budgetary provision of Rs 100 cr for 29 villages recently included under the jurisdiction of the Indore municipal corporation.In another major decision, Moghe announced introduction of 35 new buses to connect Indore with adjoining areas.
Carrying a briefcase in his hand, Moghe who arrived at Gandhi Hall at 11.30 am, presented a deficit budget for the year 2014-15. Against a proposed income of Rs 2,236 cr and Rs 75.80 lakh, Moghe in his budget has shown expenses of Rs 2,240 cr and Rs 61.41 lakh. The Mayor said that for infrastructure development of the city, the Indore municipal corporation has demanded a sum of Rs 400 cr from the Chief Minister's Infrastructure Development Scheme for the construction of flyovers, roads, solid waste management, development of 29 villages recently included under the jurisdiction of the Indore municipal corporation, water supply etc.