In what comes across as a municipal poll prank, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation is reserving a big chunk of its Budget for unauthorised and regularised colonies.
The civic agency has made a provision to increase the amount from Rs10 crore to Rs15 crore to carry out development work in unauthorised colonies. In addition to this, special Rs20 crore provision has also been made for sanitation purpose. While, for development work in regularised colonies, the corporation has increased budgetary provision from Rs25 to Rs30 crore.
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s Standing Committee chairman Radhey Shyam Sharma in his Budget proposal on Friday said for the financial year 2016-2017, where the civic body has increased the budgetary provision for urbanised villages from Rs30 crore to Rs35 crore.
The officials in the corporation informed that the South Corporation has taken no loan after trifurcation from the Delhi Government.
Sharma said in the last Financial Year 2014-15, the civic agency collected Rs3,235.05 crore, while it spent Rs2,637.45 crore while generating surplus of Rs358 crore. However, in the current Financial Year 2015-16, the civic body has estimated a revenue target of Rs3,316.69 crore.
The officials said as per 3rd Delhi Finance Commission, Rs1,239 crore Municipal Reform Fund is pending on the Delhi Government. However, as per 4th DFC Rs3,400 crore Municipal Reform Fund is pending on the Delhi Government.
For the upcoming financial year, the South Corporation is expecting the revenue generation at Rs4,079.56 crore while, the expenditure is estimated at Rs4,264.45 crore.