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BUDGET-RANGPUR CITY (with picture)
Tk 889.55 crore Rangpur city budget announced
RANGPUR, Sept 13, 2020 (BSS) – Mayor of Rangpur Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa has proposed Taka 889.55 crore annual development budget of Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) for the 2020-2021 fiscal.
Mostafa announced the budget in a crowded press conference arranged at the conference room of the City Bhaban this afternoon.
Chief Executive Officer of RpCC Ruhul Amin Miah, City Councilors, officials and employees and local journalists were present.
Speaking on the occasion, the city mayor said the announced development budget for the current fiscal is less by Taka 124 than that of the last fiscal.
“During the last fiscal, we could spend 75 percent money of the budget while 25 percent money remained unspent,” he said, adding that efforts will be there to spend a minimum 95 percent amount of the announced development budget for the current fiscal.
The proposed budget includes income of Taka 88.51 crore from revenue earnings and Taka 801.04 crore as development assistance from the government, different donor agencies and foreign- assisted projects to spend for developments.
“In the proposed budget, special emphasis has been put on the health sector with increased allocation to face the COVID-19 pandemic and dengue, improvement of Shyamasundari Canal, infrastructures, water supply and drainage and sewerage systems,” he said.
The development programmes includes a special plan for construction and beautification of the modern and elevated Bangabandhu Road with eye-catching looks from the DC Mour to Modern Mour in the city.
The proposed budget also includes allocations for education, garbage management, forestation, alleviation of urban poverty, development activities in the extended areas of 18 new wards and development of the city’s extremely poor and slum dwellers.
“Emphasis has been put on resolving the water logging problem, enhancing civic facilities, removing traffic jams, improving urban sanitation, beautification, tree plantation, climate change adaptation and some other sectors,” Mostafa added.
Panel Mayor of Rangpur Mahmudur Rahman Titu and Chief Executive Officer of RpCC Ruhul Amin Miah, among others, addressed the occasion.
BSS/MI/FI/ 1700 hrs