KARACHI : City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal Friday presented Rs 52.5312 billion budget of City District Government for the fiscal 2009-10 before the City Council.
The Rs 170.36 million surplus budget show expenditure estimates at Rs 52.3608 billion with Rs 26.6183 billion earmarked for development and Rs 25.5425 billion for non-development expenditure.
The Water Board's budget has been kept at Rs 11.3464 billion with Rs 5.7957 billion set aside for development and Rs 5.60 billion for non-development expenditure.
According to the budget, Rs 19.40 billion will be received from the Federal Government as grant while a target of Rs 8.7380 billion has been fixed for the City Government's Revenue department.
The budget reveals receipts at Rs 2.5212 billion from Municipal Services, Rs 2.4098 billion from Master Plan, dues of defunct KDA/KMC from KESC Rs 1.9830 billion, Transfer of Income from KBCA Rs 1 billion, Works and Services Rs 940.19 million, Finance and Planning Rs 909.47 million, , Enterprise and Investment Promotion Rs 651.53 million, Mass Transit Cell Rs 532.16 million, Transport and Communication Rs 245 million.
Sindh Government will pay rs 11.500 million for salaries of employees of devolved departments while KWSB's income has been estimated at Rs 11.40 billion.
Highest allocation of Rs 11.361 billion has been made for Works and Services department followed by Education Rs 10.123 billion, Health Rs 3.983 billion, Municipal Services Rs 2.941 billion, ADP Rs 2.835 billion, Share of Towns/UCs Rs 2.461 billion, Transport and Communication Rs 1.524 billion, Coordination Rs 1.299 billion, Revenue Rs 1.016 billion, Finance and Planning Rs 700 million.
Budget allocation has been made for more than 60 major projects including Rs 2 billion for infrastructure development, Rs 1.5 billion for privatization of Solid Waste Management, Rs 940 million for Taameer Karachi program, Rs 550 million for Citizen Community Board, Rs 500 million for purchase of CNG Buses, Rs 500 million for Karachi Mass Transit system, Rs 500 million for construction of parking plaza, Rs 400 million for development works of Corridor-IV, Rs 450 million for development works of UCs, Rs 370 million for wirless, video and surveillance system Phase-II, Rs 350 million for Elevated Expressway, Rs 250 million for Corridor-III, Rs 250 million for Padestrian bridges, Rs 250 million for construction and repair of roads, footpaths, culverts, chowrangis and round-abouts, Rs 250 million for Karachi Medical and Dental College, Rs 220 million for Corridor-II, Rs 200 million for road and round abouts in UCs, Rs 160 million for Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases, Rs 130 million for construction of Aiwan-e-Riffat, Rs 130 million for constructions in Landhi and Korangi Industrial areas.
The budget shows an allocation of Rs 100 million for purchase of mechanical sweeping machines, Rs 100 million for development works in industrial areas, Rs 100 million for Clifton Fish Acquarium, Rs 100 million for electric system on important roads under City Government, Rs 100 million for development of various parks of city government, Rs 100 million for road marking and traffic signs, Rs 80 million for garbage transport and development works, Rs 80 million for construction of Gattar Baghicha, Rs 80 million for Citizen Complaint and Information System.
City Government has set aside Rs 60 million for cleaning of various drains and Rs 60 million for construction and development of drains, Rs 60 million for Urban Search and Rescue system, Rs 50 million for construction of Inter-Town roads, Rs 50 million for purchase of fire tenders for Korangi Industrial area and as amount for SITE Industrial area, Rs 50 million for purchase of generators for hospitals, Rs 40 million for conversion of women library in Gulshan- e-Iqbal into hospital, Rs 40 million for kite park, Rs 40 million for nursing school and installation of lifts in Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, rs 40 million for construction of sub-way at Rafa-e-Aam Society.
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