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RCC-BUDGET
RCC announces budget of Taka 547.18 crore
RAJSHAHI, June 30, 2019 (BSS) – Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has
announced a proposed budget worth around Taka 547.18 crore for 2019-2020
fiscal.
RCC Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton announced the annual budget at a press
conference in Nagar Bhaban here this afternoon. No new tax has been imposed
in the budget.
Highlighting the overview of the ongoing and proposed development projects
of the corporation he stated that the budget has been formulated for
expanding civic services.
Mayor Liton, who announced the first annual budget of the present council,
said the proposed budget for current 2018-19 was Taka 752.37 crore, which has
been revised at Taka 324.89 crore.
At the press conference, the Mayor said six major projects on
infrastructure developments are being implemented at a total cost of around
Taka 795.59 crore in the city. “We have planned eight more need-based
projects with an estimated cost of around Taka 9,139.32 crore,” he added.
He said the city corporation has been implementing various programmes to
bring a qualitative change particularly in the field of infrastructural and
environmental elevation in the metropolitan city.
“We are planning to establish Sheikh Russell Science City and Safari Park
in the city on 100 acres of land with an estimated cost of around Taka 511.09
crore within a shortest possible time,” Liton added.
Panel mayors, councilors and the officials concerned were present at the
press conference.
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