Focusing on different urban issues, the Ranchi Municipal Corporation’s (RMC) pre-budget focused on increasing urban utilities covering people from all walks of life.
From construction of subways, foot-over bridges to increasing the number of rainwater harvesting setups in all the 53 wards, the Municipal Corporation, this fiscal year 2019-20 has come up with numerous projects besides just targeting construction of roads, completion of sewerage drainages and decking up lights. The members of RMC Standing Committee on Sunday approved the pre-budget of Rs 2,208 crore for the financial year 2019-20. The pre-budget will be tabled in the upcoming RMC Council Meeting for the final approval.
“The budget focuses on increasing the public facilities besides the regular projects. For the first time, the civic body has proposed the construction of foot-over bridges including subways at different locations. The step will aid the pedestrians during the heavy traffic hours.
Also, the proposal of setting up as many as 330 rainwater harvesting systems has been put in the budget covering the slum areas,” said Mayor Asha Lakra.
In accordance to the plan, the Mayor stated that at each ward, five rainwater harvesting systems will be set up. “As per the Municipal Corporation record, covering all the 53 wards, there are 223 slums. Taking the civic services to the slums is the priority,” she said. In addition, quite a number of parks at different wards have been also put in the proposal.
Besides, all Government schools in Ranchi will get three major facilities considering the sanitation parameters.
“A toilet, a facility of clean drinking water including LED lights will be given to each Government schools operating here. The Municipal Corporation has also taken into consideration the privileges of a differently-abled people.
A separate spot will be identified soon for setting up a dedicated marketing complex for the differently-abled people only,” the Mayor further added.
The RMC in the fiscal year – 2018-19 had approved the budget of Rs 1,800 crore. “Majorly, this year, the Municipal Corporation has tried to focus on the well-being of underprivileged people.
The budget though has received the consent of all Standing committee members but a few amendments is expected to be made during the last RMC Council Meeting scheduled before the upcoming Lok Sabha Election- 2019,” Lakra asserted.