The Bhopal Municipal Council passed the budget for the financial year 2014-15 on Saturday after a debate.
The proposed BMC budget for the current financial year was passed with minor amendment in corporators’ fund. The corporators’ fund has been raised by Rs 2 lakh and has been fixed at Rs 18 lakh while the quota of the Mayor and the chairman of the BMC remained unchanged at Rs 1.5 cr.
The corporators have been sanctioned Rs 5 lakh for water and Rs 6 lakh for zonal offices besides consolidated taxes and education cess has been provided cent per cent to them. Property tax would also be given 50 per cent to the elected representatives of the BMC.
Mayor in Council (MiC) member Krishna Mohan Soni alleged at the meeting that additional BMC commissioner Chandramoli Shukla leaked the budget. On his allegations, the Chair ordered an inquiry against Shukla.
Notably, Bhopal Mayor Krishna Gaur on Friday presented last budget of her tenure and after that the meeting was deferred for today. The deferred meeting was resumed at the Acharya Narendradev library on Saturday. The meeting was boycotted immediately after it started by the Congress corporators over the demand of water supply and cleanliness of the city.
The BMC chairman Kailash Mishra succumbed to the Opposition demand and provided chance to all corporators to discuss water supply and cleanliness.
Most of the corporators were not happy with the prevailing water shortage in the city and pulled up BMC officials responsible for this. The corporators of bo the ruling and opposition parties also alleged that the cleanliness of nullahs is going on only on papers.
The corporators also raised the issue of overhead water tanks. The chairman informed that the dilapidated water tanks have been identified and would be replaced after completing all formalities. Thecorporators of the ruling and opposition parties were also united against dictator-like attitude of the BMC officials. A provision of Rs 50 lakh was also made for a rose garden In Sant Hirdaram Nagar.