After holding two-day review meeting here, the Urban Administration Department has allotted Rs486 crore funds to 169 civic bodies for completion of the pending works in the State.
Ten municipal corporations have been allotted Rs175 crore while 32 municipalities and 121 nagar panchayats have been allotted Rs160 and Rs151 crore respectively, officials informed.All the civic authorities have been directed to send proposals by August 20 this year.The State Government wants to complete the delayed works as early as possible before the civic polls to be held in the State later this year. After completion of the works, they will be inaugurated and foundation stones would be laid for the new works.
It is in this context, Urban Administration Minister Amar Agrawal had held here two-day review status of different works on August 6 and 7 in the presence of the officials of all the civic bodies.He had also issued necessary directives to the civic official in the meeting.Director, Urban Administration Department, Rohit Yadav has sent letters to the commissioners of municipal corporations and chief municipal officers of all the municipalities.
In the letter , the Director has informed about the funds allotted to them and asked them to submit their proposals as early as possible.The highest Rs50 crore has been allotted to Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC). Similarly The municipal corporations of Durg-Bhilai, Bilaspur, and Korba have been allotted Rs20 crore each.Similarly, for municipal corporations of Rajnandgaon, Jagdalpur, Raigarh and Ambikapur the Government has allotted Rs10 crore each. Similarly all the 32 municipalities have allotted Rs5 crore each.
For Nagar panchayats which are located in district headquarter each have been allotted Rs5 crore while remaining 121 Nagar panchayats an allotment of Rs1 crore each have been made.